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Pacemaker Coding Terminology
#Diagnosis #Cardiology #PPM #Pacemaker #LetterCode #Coding #Classification #Table #CoreEM
Pacemaker Coding ... Terminology #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #PPM ... #Pacemaker #LetterCode ... #Coding #Classification
Atrioventricular Blocks (AV blocks) - ECG Diagnosis Summary
First Degree AV Block
 • The P wave is
Diagnosis Summary ... by a junctional pacemaker ... #AVBlock #cardiology ... #ekg #ecg #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #classification
Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 • Narrow
1st Degree Heart Block ... Mobitz I Heart Block ... • Block in AV ... HeartBlocks #Types #Classification ... degrees #summary #Diagnosis
Third Degree AV Block aka Complete Heart Block
 • In sinus rhythm with complete AV block,
Third Degree AV Block ... Complete Heart Block ... with complete AV block ... ThirdDegree #3rd #AVBlock ... cardiology #ekg #ecg #diagnosis
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Bradyarrhythmia ... Syndrome • SA Block ... • AV Block (ISt ... #Algorithm #causes
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
II (3) 60-100 bpm ... ) - HiPR: AV block ... ectopic atrial pacemaker ... leads rsr'), V-pacemaker ... Approach #ECG #EKG #diagnosis
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Neurocardiogenic ... /3rd degree AV Block ... • Pacemaker ... #Algorithm #causes
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
normal • The PP ... presence of AV block ... Wandering Atrial Pacemaker ... several cycle the pacemaker ... Arrhythmia #cardiology #diagnosis
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
normal • The PP ... presence of AV block ... Wandering Atrial Pacemaker ... several cycle the pacemaker ... Arrhythmia #cardiology #diagnosis