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Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
Causes of Palpitations ... • PREMATURE VENTRICULAR ... TACHYCARDIA • VENTRICULAR ... #Palpitations #Causes ... #Differential #
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Anatomical Differential ... Diagnosis for Arrhythmias ... rhythm) Tachy-arrhythmias ... #Anatomical #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
Arrhythmias - Differential ... Escape Rhythm • Ventricular ... • Premature ventricular ... aberrancy #Arrhythmias ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Approach to the Hypotensive Patient - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hypotension

Blood Pressure = Heart Rate x
Hypotensive Patient - Differential ... tachycardia • Atrial ... arrhythmia Decreased ... #hypotensive #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Cardiomyopathy • Inherited arrhythmia ... Hypokalemia • Bundle ... capture of the atria ... may not occur Differential ... • Atrial fibrillation
Microcavitation due to mechanical valve closure (aortic in this case).

Dissolved gas changing state due to changes
to changes in partial ... pressure that causes ... #Ventricular #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #A2C
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... flutter, or atrial ... supraventricular or ventricular ... tachycardia • Ventricular ... Palpitations #Cardiology #Differential
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... Causes of elevated ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... ’s • Reduced Arterial ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Effect in Right Atrium ... - Differential ... #RA #Differential ... echocardiogram #s4c ... #pocus #bubble
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Causes of ST Segment ... Elevation - Differential ... V5-6 • Left Ventricular ... segment becomes elevated ... voltage Other Causes