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Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
node: Junctional ... Fibrillation (AF ... node: AV re-entrant ... Fibrillation (V-Fib ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
Classic Digoxin-Associated Arrhythmias
 • Atrial fibrillation with an unusually slow ventricular response
 • Atrial Fibrillation with
fibrillation with ... unusually slow ventricular ... Fibrillation with ... Tachycardia with 2:1 AV ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram
Almost any type of cardiac arrhythmia is seen in digitalis toxic­ity. However, type II second-degree atrioventricular
Almost any type of cardiac ... heart block, sino-atrial ... fibrillation may ... Non-paroxysmal atrial ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
for Tamponade - Pericardial ... Diastolic Right Ventricular ... Systolic Right Atrial ... @SAlerhand #Cardiac ... #Effusion #Echocardiogram
Digoxin effect on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside from the foxglove leaf
Mechanism
 - Inhibits Na-K
Digoxin is a cardiac ... - Decreases AV ... fibrillation and ... #Cardiology #Digitalis ... #ECG
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
Approach to ECGs ... (3) SVTs - atrial ... block - ventricular ... bradyarrhythmia #ECG ... electrocardiogram #cardiology
Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS - Apical 4 Chamber View

A 50-year-old woman with a history of cardiac
Ventricular Fibrillation ... with a history of cardiac ... preserved atrial ... POCUS #echocardiogram ... #a4c #AV #Dissociation
Atrial Fibrillation on Cardiac Catheterization

Elderly patient taken up for primary PCI. See the way the proximal
Atrial Fibrillation ... on Cardiac Catheterization ... coronaries which are in AV ... shows movement of ventricular ... AFib #clinical #cardiology
Atrioventricular (AV) Blocks

First Degree AV Block - "If your R is far from your P than
until a P wave (ventricular ... independently of the atria ... leading to AV node ... heart #heartblock #cardiology ... #ecg #ekg #diagnosis
Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 • Narrow
P and QRS • Atrial ... • Block in AV ... node: Junctional ... node) - Dr. ... #cardiology