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Pacemaker Coding Terminology
#Diagnosis #Cardiology #PPM #Pacemaker #LetterCode #Coding #Classification #Table #CoreEM
Pacemaker Coding ... Cardiology #PPM #Pacemaker ... #LetterCode #Coding
The first three letters refer to chamber paced, chamber sensed, and response to sensed events. The
Cardiology #PPM #Pacemaker ... #LetterCode #Coding
Comparison between Wandering atrial pacemaker (A) vs multifocal atrial arrhythmia (B)

#WAP #MAR #wandering #atrial #pacemaker #comparison
between Wandering atrial ... pacemaker (A) vs ... multifocal atrial ... MAR #wandering #atrial ... #pacemaker #comparison
WAP - Wandering Atrial Pacemaker #Clinical #Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG #WAP #WanderingAtrialPacemaker #ECGEducator
WAP - Wandering Atrial ... Pacemaker #Clinical
Pacemaker Complications
 • Implantation-Related: Pocket hematoma, Infection (pocket), Pneumothorax, Hemothorax, Lead dislodgement, Cardiac perforation / tamponade
Pacemaker Complications ... cardiomyopathy, Pacemaker ... syndrome, Pacemaker-mediated ... /EricsMedi #Pacemaker
Causes of Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Narrow Complex - Regular:
 • Sinus tachycardia
 • Atrial flutter
tachycardia • Atrial ... tachycardia • Atrial ... Irregular: • Atrial ... • Multifocal atrial ... aberrancy • Pacemaker-facilitated
Pacemaker Operating Modes
1 - Chamber paced
     A (atrium), V (ventricle), D (dual/both)
2
Pacemaker Operating ... paced A (atrium ... sensed or paced atrial ... during which an atrial ... sensed by the atrial
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome ... tachycardia • Atria ... : Premature Atrial ... Flutter (AFL), Atrial ... FAT), Multifocal Atrial
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
tachycardia (2) Atrial ... (3) SVTs - atrial ... (3) Multifocal atrial ... (2) Sick Sinus Syndrome ... - ventricular pacemaker
Ramsay Hunt Syndrome - Herpes Zoster Oticus 
Triad:
1. Ipsilateral facial paralysis 
2. Ear pain 
3. Vesicles
Ramsay Hunt Syndrome ... Zoster Oticus Triad ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... • Stroke syndromes ... #RamsayHunt #Syndrome