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Atrial Fibrillation and WPW - Pre-Excitation AFib
In pre-excitation + a-fib with RVR:
 • All AV nodal
Fibrillation and WPW ... RVR: • All AV nodal ... #clinical #ecg ... #ekg #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology
Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW)
- Orthodromic AVRT: Narrow complex, most common 
- Antidromic AVRT: wide complex because goes through
Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW ... pathway first - A-fib ... #Cardiology #ECG ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Clinical #Diagnosis
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

WPW is a congenital abnormality characterized by an abnormal accessory conduction pathway between the atria
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome WPW ... characterized by an abnormal ... #Cardiology #ECG ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Clinical #Diagnosis
Osteoarthritis (OA): X-ray features 
 - Joint space narrowing (least specific)
 - Subchondral Cysts (pockets of
- Osteophytes (Abnormal ... bone deposits/spurs ... Osteoarthritis #OA #Xray #radiology ... #diagnosis #findings ... #Clinical #knee
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
dextrocardia, normal ... 500 DANGER - Short ... Approach #ECG #EKG #diagnosis ... #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #interpretation
Osborn waves - positive deflections at the J point (negative in aVR and V1) with a
finding characteristically ... could also be a normal ... EmergencyMedicine #Cardiology ... #diagnosis #CriticalCare ... #ECG #Clinical
Focal Periphyseal Edema (FOPE lesion) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Arrows identifying the characteristic edema-like signal
Imaging Findings ... atraumatic adolescent knee ... The physis is normal ... #mri #clinical ... #Radiology #diagnosis
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
eponymous JVP findings ... Most likely diagnosis ... small blue-colored spot ... #Clinical #Video ... #Cardiology
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
echo/angiogram findings ... T wave in V1 - normal ... Ischemia #ECG #EKG #diagnosis ... #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #STEMI
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
Waves/Fibrillary = afib ... V1 (Invert III normal ... de pointes • Short ... Interpretation #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis