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Cardiac Event Monitoring Devices - Compared
Ambulatory ECG (Hotter):
 • Advantages: Continuous recording, records asx events, all
Cardiac Event Monitoring ... Ambulatory ECG ... events, all (most) ECG ... Disadvantages: Short ... #Comparison #cardiology
Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is an abnormally fast heart rhythm arising from improper electrical activity in upper
There are four main ... breath, or chest pain ... #Clinical #MedStudent ... #Cardiology #EKG ... SupraVentricularTachycardia #ECGEducator
Case – 26M with no medical history presents with chest pain and palpitations. He states that
presents with chest pain ... He denies associated ... history of sudden cardiac ... #Clinical #Cardiology ... #ECG #EKG #ARVD
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on POCUS

78 year old woman - Acute delirium but complaining of chest pain 
ECG:
complaining of chest pain ... ECG: non specific ... chest leads Cardiac ... POCUS #Ultrasound #Clinical ... Echocardiogram #Cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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performed) • Clinical ... intolerance • Chest pain ... gallop • Abnormal ECG ... shock, sudden cardiac ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
Vasopressors Table 
Rough properties by Target Receptor, Heart Rate/Inotropy, Systemic Vascular Resistance, Cardiac Output, Blood Pressure,
Vascular Resistance, Cardiac ... Vascular Resistance, Main ... /kg/min - Milrinone ... Book of Critical ... Effect #Management #Comparison
Ventricular tachycardia (V-tach or VT) is a type of regular and fast heart rate that arises
palpitations, or chest pain ... may result in cardiac ... #Clinical #MedStudent ... #Cardiology #EKG ... VentricularTachycardia #ECGEducator
Ventricular fibrillation (V-fib or VF) is when the heart quivers instead of pumps due to disorganized
It results in cardiac ... 10% of people in cardiac ... #Clinical #MedStudent ... #Cardiology #EKG ... VentricularFibrillation #ECGEducator
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
He had no chest pain ... x-ray and and ECG ... Northwestern University #Clinical ... #EM #Radiology ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
implantable electronic devices ... : • New cardiac ... nodes • Roth’s spots ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... diagnosis #management #cardiology