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Typical (Counterclockwise) and Reverse Typical (Clockwise) Atrial Flutter on EKG
Typical (Counterclockwise) Atrial Flutter
 • Inferior leads:
Flutter on EKG ... up, slow down; "negative ... #aflutter #ecg ... #ekg #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #clinical
Vereckie Algorithm - Lead aVR - Ventricular Tachycardia - Telemetry Diagnosis
WCT is VT IF:
 • Initial
Algorithm - Lead aVR ... downstroke of negative ... Tachycardia #WCT #VTach ... #cardiology #ekg ... #ecg #telemetry
Counterclockwise and (Left) vs Clockwise (Right) Flutter
Typical atrial flutter is counterclockwise in direction and originates from
Counterclockwise ... This results in negatively-directed ... appearance on ECG ... #Diagnosis #ECG ... #EKG #Cardiology
Typical (Counterclockwise) Atrial Flutter on EKG
 • Inferior leads: Sawtooth waves (fast up, slow down; "negative")
on EKG • Inferior ... up, slow down; "negative ... #aflutter #ecg ... #ekg #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #clinical
Approach to ECGs - VT vs. SVT - Wide Tachycardias
DDx = VT vs. SVT with BBB
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and negative in ... #VT #VTach #SVT ... #Comparison #VentricularTachycardia ... #Versus #ecg #ekg ... #cardiology #diagnosis
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
EKG Interpretation ... origin (e.g. accelerated ... (e.g. ectopic atrial ... @AmyChung #EKG ... Interpretation #ECG
VT versus SVT with Aberration - Interpretation Cheat Sheet

Features favouring VT
● Absence of typical RBBB or
morphology ● AV ... point) of S > 100 ms ... Visualmed #VT #VTach ... #VentricularTachycardia ... Comparison #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Approach to ECGs
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 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
boxes) - HiPR: AV ... : WPW, ectopic atrial ... #Approach #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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RV dysfunction. e.g ... correlate in the SHOCK trial ... forward flow. e.g ... Ahmed Ghoneem, MD MSc ... catheter #diagnosis #cardiology