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Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis and Management - Narrow vs Wide, Regular vs Irregular
Narrow - Regular:
Use P
Positive deflection ... • Atrial Flutter ... see P, either Flutter ... If not Flutter P ... Diagnosis #Management #cardiology
Typical (Counterclockwise) and Reverse Typical (Clockwise) Atrial Flutter on EKG
Typical (Counterclockwise) Atrial Flutter
 • Inferior leads:
Flutter on EKG ... Flutter • Inferior ... #Flutter #aflutter ... electrocardiogram #cardiology ... #clinical #diagnosis
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Narrow-Complex:
 • Regular: Sinus Tachycardia, Junctional Tachycardia, Atrial Tachycardia, Atrial Flutter, AVRT
Tachycardia - Differential ... Flutter, AVRT ( ... WPW), AVnRT (ie ... Flutter (w/ variable ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
Tachyarrhythmia Framework - Differential Diagnosis
 • Narrow QRS - Regular Rhythm: Sinus tachycardia, AVNRT, Orthodromic AVRT,
Sinus tachycardia, AVNRT ... , Atrial flutter ... flutter w/ variable ... flutter with variable ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
Isthmus Independent Atrial Flutter
 • Rapid atrial activity without typical inferior sawtooth waves suggests CTI-independent flutter
Flutter • Rapid ... CTI-independent flutter ... circuit • Positive ... #Flutter #aflutter ... #clinical #diagnosis
Atrial Flutter on Jugular Neck Examination

What does the neck / JVP exam suggest about the patient’s
Atrial Flutter on ... What does the neck ... flutter with 3: ... #Flutter #Jugular ... #clinical #cardiology
Atrial Flutter on Neck Examination

If you can dx this rhythm, you are born before 1960. 
Early
Atrial Flutter on ... AVNRT would show ... like a constant cannon ... #Flutter #Neck ... #Video #Cardiology
Typical (Counterclockwise) Atrial Flutter on EKG
 • Inferior leads: Sawtooth waves (fast up, slow down; "negative")
Flutter on EKG ... Isoelectric segment with positive ... #Flutter #aflutter ... electrocardiogram #cardiology ... #clinical #diagnosis
Narrow Complex Tachycardias (Simplified)

Irregular Narrow Complex Tachycardia:
 1. Atrial fibrillation
	- Usually the correct answer
 2. Multifocal
Atrial flutter ... retrograde) - AVNRT ... , AVRT, Junctional ... #Tachycardias #differential ... diagnosis #causes #cardiology
Reverse Typical (Clockwise) Atrial Flutter on EKG
 • Inferior leads: "Positive" waves often notched (usually not
Flutter on EKG ... Inferior leads: "Positive ... #Flutter #aflutter ... electrocardiogram #cardiology ... #clinical #diagnosis