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ECG Basics - Heart Blocks #Diagnosis #Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG #Basics #HeartBlock #Table #AVBlock #Mobitz #Degree #Wenckebach
ECG Basics - Heart ... #MedStudent #EKG ... Basics #HeartBlock #Table ... #AVBlock #Mobitz ... Degree #Wenckebach #ECGEducator
ECG Basics - Heart Blocks #Diagnosis #Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG #Basics #HeartBlock #Table #AVBlock #Mobitz #Degree #Wenckebach
ECG Basics - Heart ... #MedStudent #EKG ... Basics #HeartBlock #Table ... #AVBlock #Mobitz ... Degree #Wenckebach #ECGEducator
The JT Interval and Pro-Arrhythmic Risk
Measured from the J-point to the end of the T-wave, the
Bundle Branch Block ... than prolonged QT ... Interval #JTInterval #QTc ... pathophysiology #ekg ... #ecg #cardiology
Approach to ECGs - Syncope Syndromes
Electrolytes
 • ↑K - brady, peak T, wide QRS, no P,
• ↑ Ca - short QT ... • ↓ Ca - long QT ... • ↓ Mg - long QT ... Syncope #Syndromes #ECG ... #EKG #Checklist
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
EKG Interpretation ... • QT interval is ... = QT / √ RR - ... @AmyChung #EKG ... Interpretation #ECG
Torsades de Pointes
• "Twisting of the pointes" 
• QRS axis swings from positive to negative direction
Originates from single focus ... that prolong the QT ... TorsadesDePointes #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #ECG #EKG
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
ICD/pacer - QTc ... DANGER - Short QT ... : ↑ca - Long QT ... #Approach #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis
Junctional Rhythms - Junctional rhythm describes an abnormal heart rhythm resulting from impulses coming from a
coming from a locus ... #Cardiology #MedStudent ... #EKG #Junctional ... #Rhythms #Table ... RetrogradeP #Escape #ECGEducator
WOBBLER  for ECG assessment in Syncope 
W - Wolff Parkinson White 
O - Obstructed AV
WOBBLER for ECG ... found in long QT ... is also a short QT ... Mnemonic #Syncope #EKG ... #ECG #Diagnosis
Class I Antiarrhythmics and their Key Pharmacologic Properties

Class IA = Quinidine, Procainamide, Disopyramide ("Quarter PounDer")
Class IB
Fries Please") Block ... in wide QRS on EKG ... results in prolonged QT ... on EKG • Increasing ... Pharmacology #Agents #Cardiology