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Inherited Arrhythmia Syndromes
Entity - Prevalence / Incidence - Diagnosis - Arrhythmic Presentation - Management
 • Long
/ Incidence - Diagnosis ... Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia ... and Structurally Normal ... #Syndromes #clinical ... #cardiology #diagnosis
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia ... PR interval are normal ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram ... #variants #clinical
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... Unexplained sinus tachycardia ... summation gallop • Abnormal ... ECG, echocardiogram ... #Management #Cardiology
Cardiac Findings in Sarcoidosis
Most Commonly Affected Sites:
 - LV free wall (esp. basal posterior wall)
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- Effusion ECG ... - Ventricular arrythmias ... (V. tachycardia ... deviation - Abnormal ... #Involvement #diagnosis
Multifocal Atrial Arrhythmias on ECG
Multifocal atrial rhythm & Multifocal atrial tachycardia
ECG Recognition:
 • Variable P wave
on ECG Multifocal ... ECG Recognition ... waves will have normal ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #clinical #comparison
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Cardiomyopathy • Inherited arrhythmia ... (≥ 0.12s) with abnormal ... Differential Diagnosis ... • Sinus arrhythmia ... #differential #cardiology
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia ... PR interval are normal ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram ... #variants #clinical
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
x-ray and and ECG ... with sinus tachycardia ... Northwestern University #Clinical ... #EM #Radiology ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Clinical ... labile BP and arrythmias ... urinary retention, tachycardia ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... CSF PROTEIN - NORMAL
Multifocal Atrial Rhythm vs Wandering Atrial Pacemaker
Mutifocal Atrial Rhythm / Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia:
Belong to a group
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia ... Multifocal Atrial Arrhythmia ... criteria for the diagnosis ... dominant pacemaker focus ... #cardiology #ekg