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My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
with Infective Endocarditis ... Did they receive antibiotics ... Decreased yield due to antibiotic ... #Infective #Endocarditis ... Diagnosis #Management #Algorithm
Morphological Criteria for Discriminating Ventricular Tachycardia from Supraventricular Tachycardia with Aberration

Source Article: Wide Complex Tachycardia –
Morphological Criteria ... #Cardiology #ECG ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Differences #Comparison ... #Brugada #Algorithm
VT versus SVT with Aberration - Interpretation Cheat Sheet

Features favouring VT
● Absence of typical RBBB or
Brugada algorithm ... Positive or negative ... Morphology criteria ... Aberration #Aberrancy #Comparison ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Typical (Counterclockwise) and Reverse Typical (Clockwise) Atrial Flutter on EKG
Typical (Counterclockwise) Atrial Flutter
 • Inferior leads:
up, slow down; "negative ... • V1: Broad & negative ... aflutter #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #clinical ... #diagnosis #comparison
Here’s an ECG of a patient with 100% Acute LAD Occlusion

Remember that RBBB normally has ST
considered to have ’relative ... STEMI Criteria misses ... Total #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Clinical #Cardiology
Modified Sgarbossa Criteria - Diagnostic Checklist for diagnosing MI in LBBB or Pacemaker
1) Identify LBBB or
Modified Sgarbossa Criteria ... : odd QRS from native ... #Sgarbossa #Criteria ... Checklist #EKG #electrocardiogram ... #ecg #cardiology
Normal Sinus Rhythm - ECG Diagnosis
Normal sinus rhythm (NSR) is an impulse that originates in the
biphasic (positive-negative ... SinusRhythm #nsr #cardiology ... diagnosis #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram ... #criteria
Blood Culture Collection Algorithm - Adult Patients with Suspected Systemic Infection 

Pawlowicz et al evidenced based
Algorithm Source ... who meet SIRS criteria ... tract infection, endocarditis ... obtained prior to antibiotic ... #Indications #Criteria
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Endocarditis Summary ... • Coagulase-negative ... -> TEE • Duke Criteria ... • IV Antibiotics ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Approach to ECGs - VT vs. SVT - Wide Tachycardias
DDx = VT vs. SVT with BBB
All
entirely positive or negative ... positive in aVR and negative ... VT #VTach #SVT #Comparison ... Versus #ecg #ekg #cardiology ... #diagnosis #electrocardiogram