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ECG Basics - Atrial Rhythms #Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG #Atrial #SVT #Comparison #Table #AFib #AFlutter #MAT #WAP
ECG Basics - Atrial ... Rhythms #Cardiology #MedStudent ... #EKG #Atrial #SVT ... Comparison #Table #AFib ... #AFlutter #MAT
Atrial Fibrillation and WPW - Pre-Excitation AFib
In pre-excitation + a-fib with RVR:
 • All AV nodal
Pre-Excitation AFib ... defibrillator at ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... PreExcitation #clinical ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
Approach to ECGs ... abberancy - N B Afib ... tachycardia (MAT ... bradyarrhythmia #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis
Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation - CHA2DS2-VASc

I always tell my students, one of the first thing you
Anticoagulation for Atrial ... fibrillation in clinic ... AtrialFibrillation #AFib ... #CHADSVASC #CHADS2VASC ... #Score #Management
Atrial Flutter on EKG
 • Regularly-occurring atrial activity
 • ≥ 240 atrial depolarizations (i.e. flutter waves)
EKG • Regularly-occurring ... atrial activity ... Flutter #aflutter #ecg ... #ekg #electrocardiogram ... #diagnosis
Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is an abnormally fast heart rhythm arising from improper electrical activity in upper
improper electrical activity ... four main types: atrial ... Symptoms may include ... #Clinical #MedStudent ... #Cardiology #EKG
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
TB • LTBI is diagnosed ... result with no clinical ... • History of BCG ... False-negative TST result may ... immunocompromised (e.g
Ventricular fibrillation (V-fib or VF) is when the heart quivers instead of pumps due to disorganized
fibrillation (V-fib ... disorganized electrical activity ... #Clinical #MedStudent ... #Cardiology #EKG ... #VFib #VentricularFibrillation
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... exam • 12-lead ECG ... Valvular disease (e.g ... brain flow (VT/Vfib ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss
Hansen's Disease (Leprosy)
 • Transmission - not completely understood, ?nasal droplets
 • Symptoms appear ~5 years
Immunosuppression (e.g ... of dermis & SC fat ... few or absent AFB ... Disease #Leprosy #diagnosis ... #management #treatment