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Comparison between Wandering atrial pacemaker (A) vs multifocal atrial arrhythmia (B)

#WAP #MAR #wandering #atrial #pacemaker #comparison
arrhythmia (B) #WAP ... comparison #multifocal #rhythm ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram ... #clinical
Atrial Flutter on EKG
 • Regularly-occurring atrial activity
 • ≥ 240 atrial depolarizations (i.e. flutter waves)
Atrial Flutter on ... isoelectric baseline in at ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #clinical ... #diagnosis
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia (MAT) on EKG
 • Heart rate > 100 bpm (usually 100-150 bpm)
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Multifocal Atrial ... Irregularly irregular rhythm ... #Tachycardia #diagnosis ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #labeled #clinical
Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm (AIVR) on EKG
 • Regular rhythm with wide. 
 • QRS complexes >120
• Regular rhythm ... complexes >120 ms ... #AIVR #diagnosis ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #clinical
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
Approach to ECGs ... tachycardia (MAT ... arrest - escape rhythms ... #EKG #diagnosis ... #electrocardiogram
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
(e.g. ectopic atrial ... Flutter PR Interval ... Interpretation #ECG ... #Electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Multifocal Atrial Arrhythmias on ECG
Multifocal atrial rhythm & Multifocal atrial tachycardia
ECG Recognition:
 • Variable P wave
in contrast to WAP ... #MAT #Multifocal ... #atrial #rhythm ... #ekg #electrocardiogram ... #clinical #comparison
Multifocal Atrial Rhythm vs Wandering Atrial Pacemaker
Mutifocal Atrial Rhythm / Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia:
Belong to a group
criteria for the diagnosis ... both MAT (atrial ... Wandering #Pacemaker #wap ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
QRS in 6s x 10 Rhythm ... : WPW, ectopic atrial ... Short QT <300-360 ms ... #EKG #diagnosis ... #electrocardiogram
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... exam • 12-lead ECG ... Have the patient tap ... flutter, or atrial ... fibrillation/flutter