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Atrial Fibrillation and WPW - Pre-Excitation AFib
In pre-excitation + a-fib with RVR:
 • All AV nodal
Atrial Fibrillation ... /or rhythm control ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Atrial ... #ekg #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology
Hypothermia on EKG
 • J (Osborn) waves
 • PR, QRS, and QT prolongation
 • Various bradyarrythmias
• PR, QRS, and ... . sinus bradycardia ... , a fib with slow ... response, junctional rhythm ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Ectopic atrial rhythm
 • The atrial rate is less than 100 bpm.
 • PR interval within
Ectopic atrial rhythm ... • The atrial ... during sinus rhythm ... #rhythm #cardiology ... #diagnosis #ekg
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
: Premature Atrial ... Contractions (PACs), Atrial ... Flutter (AFL), Atrial ... FAT), Multifocal Atrial ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
abberancy - N B Afib ... tachycardia (2) Atrial ... (3) SVTs - atrial ... (3) Multifocal atrial ... arrest - escape rhythms
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
(e.g. ectopic atrial ... = multifocal atrial ... = afib • Saw-Tooth ... = Atrial Flutter ... Electrocardiogram #cardiology
Mitral Stenosis and Left Atrial Thrombus on Echocardiogram (a4c)

Mitral stenosis is a risk factor for LA
Mitral Stenosis and ... Left Atrial Thrombus ... underlying cardiac rhythm ... Mitral #Stenosis #Atrial ... #clinical #cardiology
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia (MAT) on EKG
 • Heart rate > 100 bpm (usually 100-150 bpm)
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Multifocal Atrial ... Irregularly irregular rhythm ... varying PP, PR and ... MAT #Multifocal #Atrial ... Tachycardia #diagnosis #cardiology
Premature atrial complex (PAC) - ECG Recognition
 • Prematurity and altered P wave morphology.
 • P
Premature atrial ... look like the sinus ... PACs #premature #atrial ... #complexes #cardiology ... #diagnosis #ekg
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... benefit of restoring sinus ... risk factors Atrial ... identify left atrial ... test for DM Atrial