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Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
AV block 1º - long ... 3, etc.) 2º - Mobitz ... II / Mobitz - , ... bradyarrhythmia #ECG #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology
Parasternal Short Axis Windows:

Aortic Valve, Mitral Valve, and Papillary Muscle Views

Understanding long and short axes in
Parasternal Short ... Understanding long ... and short axes ... Fanning #Views #Clinical ... #Cardiology
Mobitz Type I (Wenckebach Phenomenon) 2nd Degree AV Block on EKG
 • P-R interval gradually increases
Mobitz Type I (Wenckebach ... Visualmedapp #Mobitz ... Block #AVBlock #diagnosis ... #cardiology #EKG ... Electrocardiogram #labeled #clinical
Approach to ECGs - Syncope Syndromes
Electrolytes
 • ↑K - brady, peak T, wide QRS, no P,
P • ↑ Ca - short ... delta wave and short ... (>480-500ms) Short ... EKG #Checklist #diagnosis ... #cardiology #electrocardiogram
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Channelopathies: Long ... /short QT syndromes ... VT* • Acquired long ... Cardiac #Arrest #cardiology ... #differential #diagnosis
Feeding Vessel Sign on Chest CT
 • Distinct pulmonary vessel leading into a lung nodule or
leading into a lung ... infarction, mets to the lung ... Vessel #Sign #CT #Lung ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Mediastinal Mass:
 • Thymus (Thymoma, carcinoma, hyperplasia, cyst)
 • Lymphoma
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Sarcoma, Metastatic Lung ... spine lesions (Potts ... disease) UCSD ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Halo Sign on Chest CT
 • SPN or mass surrounded by a circumferential GGO
 • DDx:
sarcoidosis, mets to the lung ... Halo #Sign #CT #Lung ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

WPW is a congenital abnormality characterized by an abnormal accessory conduction pathway between the atria
a delta wave, short ... 120 msec) 3 Short ... WolffParkinsonWhite #WPW #Cardiology ... Electrocardiogram #Clinical ... #Diagnosis
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
There is a lung ... with a cystic lung ... is a possible diagnosis ... LAM is a rare lung ... #Clinical #Radiology