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Type 1 Second-degree AV block, also known as Mobitz I or Wenckebach periodicity, is almost always
electrocardiogram (ECG ... #Clinical #EM #IM ... Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG ... #MobitzI #Mobitz1 ... #Mobitz #ECGEducator
Type 1 Second-degree AV block, also known as Mobitz I or Wenckebach periodicity, is almost always
electrocardiogram (ECG ... #Clinical #EM #IM ... Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG ... #MobitzI #Mobitz1 ... #Mobitz #ECGEducator
Mobitz II heart block is characterized on a surface ECG by intermittently nonconducted P waves not
characterized on a surface ECG ... #Clinical #EM #IM ... Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG ... #MobitzII #Mobitz2 ... #Mobitz #ECGEducator
Typical ECG changes in acute pericarditis includes: stage 1 - diffuse, positive, ST elevations with reciprocal
Typical ECG changes ... leads indicates atrial ... patients) stage 4 - ECG ... #EM #IM #Cardiology ... #EKG #Pericarditis
Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 • Narrow
P and QRS • Atrial ... Block in AV node: Junctional ... HeartBlocks #Types #Classification ... #Diagnosis #EKG ... electrocardiogram #ecg
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
Approach to ECGs ... /junctional tachy ... II / Mobitz - , ... bradyarrhythmia #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis
Atrioventricular Blocks (AV blocks) - ECG Diagnosis Summary
First Degree AV Block
 • The P wave is
(AV blocks) - ECG ... Diagnosis Summary ... group-beating" on the ECG ... AVBlock #cardiology #ekg ... #ecg #diagnosis
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary ... neuromuscular junction ... serologic, and EMG ... characteristic EMG ... Hospital of Baltimore IM
Achalasia Summary

Epidemiology: 10 cases per 100,000 individuals

Defined by inadequate relaxation of the LES and aperistalsis
Primary or
Achalasia Summary ... : Testing The diagnosis ... gastroesophageal junction ... fibers of the LES (eg ... LES pressure (eg