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Morphological Criteria for Discriminating Ventricular Tachycardia from Supraventricular Tachycardia with Aberration

Source Article: Wide Complex Tachycardia –
Distinguishing #Criteria #Cardiology ... #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #VTach #SVT #Differences ... #Comparison #Brugada ... #Algorithm
Various wide complex tachycardia (WCT) differentiation algorithmic designs and algorithms.
The most commonly utilized approaches to differentiate
designs and algorithms ... #Tachycardia #VTach ... #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Algorithms
Vereckie Algorithm - Lead aVR - Ventricular Tachycardia - Telemetry Diagnosis
WCT is VT IF:
 • Initial
Vereckie Algorithm ... downstroke of negative ... Tachycardia #WCT #VTach ... avr #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ekg #ecg #telemetry
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 ... Eg: C. burnetii ... Diagnosis #Management #Algorithm
Typical (Counterclockwise) and Reverse Typical (Clockwise) Atrial Flutter on EKG
Typical (Counterclockwise) Atrial Flutter
 • Inferior leads:
Atrial Flutter on EKG ... up, slow down; "negative ... #ekg #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #clinical ... #diagnosis #comparison
Approach to ECGs - VT vs. SVT - Wide Tachycardias
DDx = VT vs. SVT with BBB
All
#VT #VTach #SVT ... #Comparison #VentricularTachycardia ... #Versus #ecg #ekg ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #electrocardiogram
VT versus SVT with Aberration - Interpretation Cheat Sheet

Features favouring VT
● Absence of typical RBBB or
Brugada algorithm ... Positive or negative ... Visualmed #VT #VTach ... Aberration #Aberrancy #Comparison ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Endocarditis Summary ... • Coagulase-negative ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... • IV Antibiotics ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
aureus, Coagulase-negative ... staphylococci Culture Negative ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... Treatment • IV antibiotics ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology