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Approach to ECGs - Syncope Syndromes
Electrolytes
 • ↑K - brady, peak T, wide QRS, no P,
- Syncope Syndromes ... • ↑ Ca - short QT ... • ↓ Ca - long QT ... #Syndromes #ECG ... #electrocardiogram
TCA Overdose on EKG
 • Sinus tachycardia
 • QRS prolongation
 • QT prolongation
 • Rightward deviation
TCA Overdose on EKG ... prolongation • QT ... #ECG #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #clinical #criteria
Digoxin effect on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside from the foxglove leaf
Mechanism
 - Inhibits Na-K
Digoxin effect on Electrocardiogram ... Digoxin effect on ECG ... : - Scooping ST ... waves - Short QT ... #EKG #Cardiology
Electrocardiographic Features of Digoxin Toxicity
 • Virtually any arrhythmia is possible. None specific for digoxin toxicity
Shortening of QT ... " or "sagging" ST ... digitalis #Toxicity #Electrocardiogram ... #ekg #ecg #toxicology ... #cardiology #diagnosis
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
Flattened T waves QT ... • QT interval is ... = QT / √ RR - ... thumb: a normal QT ... #Electrocardiogram
Congenital Long QT Syndrome: Illness Script

Who?
 - Kids or young adults, usually < 30
 - high
Congenital Long QT ... Syndrome: Illness ... **Get baseline EKG ... - QT prolonging ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
WOBBLER  for ECG assessment in Syncope 
W - Wolff Parkinson White 
O - Obstructed AV
WOBBLER for ECG ... so called coved ST ... found in long QT ... is also a short QT ... #Cardiology
Short QT Syndrome
Short QT syndrome (SQTS) is a very rare, recently described syndrome in which an
Short QT Syndrome ... Short QT syndrome ... unusually short QT ... #cardiology #ecg ... #ekg #electrocardiogram
EKG with Cerebral T Waves in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

ECG of a 45-year-old man who suddenly collapsed to
These ECG changes ... There is a long QT ... There are ST deviations ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... Hemorrhage #SAH #Cardiology
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
Lead AVR on ECG ... widened QRS and QTc ... • Vereckei criteria ... #electrocardiogram ... #differential #cardiology