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Flecainide Toxicity on ECG

70 year old patient with chronic atrial fibrillation on an antiarrhythmic presented with
presented with nausea ... Potassium normal ... Flecainide #Toxicity #ECG ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Cardiology #Clinical
Digoxin effect on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside from the foxglove leaf
Mechanism
 - Inhibits Na-K
Digoxin effect on Electrocardiogram ... - Decreases AV nodal ... conduction Uses ... Digoxin effect on ECG ... #EKG #Cardiology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Musculoskeletal Manifestations

 • Immune Complex Deposition
    - Arthralgia, Arthritis
Proximal Weakness, Normal ... Myopathy (Also caused ... Erythematosus #SLE #MSK ... Complications #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Deep T Wave Inversions - Differential
Normal variants 
  A. Juvenile T wave pattern
Differential Normal ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Cardiology #ECG ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram
The JT Interval and Pro-Arrhythmic Risk
Measured from the J-point to the end of the T-wave, the
with QRS ≥120 ms ... JTInterval #QTc #electrocardiogram ... #pathophysiology ... #ekg #ecg #cardiology
Approach to ECGs - VT vs. SVT - Wide Tachycardias
DDx = VT vs. SVT with BBB
All
QRS complex of normal ... - Brugada's sign ... - Josephson's sign ... #ekg #cardiology ... #diagnosis #electrocardiogram
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
dextrocardia, normal ... dextrocardia, normal ... Short QT <300-360 ms ... #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #interpretation
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... Look for other signs ... may still have a normal ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Equina Syndrome Causes ... lumbar spine Signs ... Areflexia (loss of normal ... CaudaEquina #Syndrome #MSK ... #pathophysiology
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
T Waves: • Normal ... V1 (Invert III normal ... Interpretation #ECG ... #Electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis