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Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
Causes of Palpitations ... • ARRHYTHMiA ... Nrtaylor101 #Palpitations ... #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Anatomical Differential ... Diagnosis for Arrhythmias ... • Atria: Premature ... #Anatomical #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... exam • 12-lead ECG ... : Arrhythmias: ... Valvular disease (e.g ... #Cardiology #Differential
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
ST elevation: Differential ... aVR • Classic EKG ... • Predictor of arrhythmia ... #differential # ... cardiology
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
the heartbeat • Palpitations ... 300 = NSVT EKG ... capture of the atria ... • Sinus arrhythmia ... #cardiology
Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome (WPW) is one of several disorders of the electrical system of the heart that
pathway between the atria ... reciprocating tachycardia ... #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #MedStudent #EKG
A Summary slide of Sinoatrial Rhythms 
 • Sinus Rhythm
 • Sinus Arrhythmia
Rhythm • Sinus Arrhythmia ... Multifocal atrial tachycardia ... Sinoatrial #Rhythms #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ekg #ecg
Visual Guide to AV Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT) - Pathophysiology
 - Dual AV nodal physiology is
(AVNRT) - Pathophysiology ... depolarizes the atria ... ECG usually shows ... #AVNRT #Pathophysiology ... #cardiology #SVT
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... labile BP and arrythmias ... urinary retention, tachycardia ... Opthaloplegia • Ataxia ... Electrodiagnostic studies - EMG
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Symptoms: • Palpitations ... Common Sustained Arrhythmia ... Irregular wide-complex tachycardia ... right and left atria ... diagnosis #management #cardiology