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Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
1º - long PR intervals ... successively longer PR intervals ... bradyarrhythmia #ECG ... #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #differential
Hypothermia on EKG
 • J (Osborn) waves
 • PR, QRS, and QT prolongation
 • Various bradyarrythmias
• PR, QRS, and QT ... . sinus bradycardia ... #ECG #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #clinical
Digoxin effect on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside from the foxglove leaf
Mechanism
 - Inhibits Na-K
fibrillation and atrial flutter ... waves - Short QT ... interval Dr. ... #EKG #Cardiology ... #Digitalis #ECG
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
P wave and PR interval ... #Arrhythmia #cardiology ... #diagnosis #ekg ... #ecg #electrocardiogram ... #variants #clinical
QT / QTc Interval Measurement in Wide QRS Complex
 - A wide QRS complex will lead
QT / QTc Interval ... not clinically ... #QTc #Interval ... Measurement #WideQRS #cardiology ... #ekg #electrocardiogram
TCA Overdose on EKG
 • Sinus tachycardia
 • QRS prolongation
 • QT prolongation
 • Rightward deviation
Sinus tachycardia ... prolongation • QT ... #ECG #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #clinical #criteria
WPW EKG after cardioversion of SVT

Here is the post-conversion ECG

The patient is now in Sinus Rhythm,
post-conversion ECG ... patient is now in Sinus ... The PR interval ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #Clinical #Cardiology
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
Saw-Tooth = Atrial Flutter ... /QTC Interval: ... • QT interval is ... #Electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Premature atrial complex (PAC) - ECG Recognition
 • Prematurity and altered P wave morphology.
 • P
look like the sinus ... will have a PR interval ... atrial #complexes #cardiology ... #ecg #electrocardiogram ... #clinical
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
P wave and PR interval ... #Arrhythmia #cardiology ... #diagnosis #ekg ... #ecg #electrocardiogram ... #variants #clinical