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3 ECG patterns for Acute Occlusion MI (OMI) without meeting ST elevation criteria
 • Posterior MI
3 ECG patterns for ... Acute Occlusion MI ... (OMI) without meeting ... electrocardiogram #ecg ... #ekg
Syncope Diagnostic Testing and Evaluation: Cost Effectiveness
Frequency obtained - Abnormal findings - Helped determine etiology of
Syncope Diagnostic Testing ... syncope Tests: ECG ... , Carotid U/S, EEG ... , Brain MRI, Cardiac ... Effectiveness #table
Second Degree AV Block Type I aka Mobitz I / Wenckebach 
 • Normal P waves.
• As the PRI ... There is "group-beating ... " on the ECG. ... diagnosis #cardiology #ecg ... #ekg #electrocardiogram
Torsades de Pointes
• "Twisting of the pointes" 
• QRS axis swings from positive to negative direction
de Pointes • "Twisting ... Originates from single focus ... Diagnosis #Cardiology #ECG ... #EKG
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... • They must be able ... arrythmias Diagnostics: EKG ... ($$$), PET CT/MRI ... Cardiac #Stress #Testing
Management Algorithm for Confusion
- Substrate verification, glucose, oxygen checks
- Toxidrome present
- Focal findings on neurologic examination
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criteria - ED testing ... electrolytes, CXR, ECG ... CSF, thyroid, MRI
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on POCUS

78 year old woman - Acute delirium but complaining of chest pain 
ECG:
Cardiomyopathy on POCUS ... of chest pain ECG ... leads Cardiac MRI ... Cardiomyopathy #POCUS
Syncope Cost-Effectiveness Workup
Cost-effective tests for most patients: 
 • Orthostatic BP
 • ECG
 • Telemetry (if
Orthostatic BP • ECG ... • Ambulatory ECG ... Carotid US • Brain MRI ... • EEG • Cardiac ... stress testing
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
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
- Malignancy (e.g ... CNS pathology (e.g ... Pulmonary pathology (e.g ... exacerbation) - Drugs (e.g ... Differential #Diagnosis #Table