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Approach to ECGs - VT vs. SVT - Wide Tachycardias
DDx = VT vs. SVT with BBB
All
SVT with BBB All ... QRS complex of normal ... #Comparison #VentricularTachycardia ... #Versus #ecg #ekg ... #cardiology #diagnosis
VT versus SVT with Aberration - Interpretation Cheat Sheet

Features favouring VT
● Absence of typical RBBB or
captured beats (normal ... hybrid complex of normal ... point) of S > 100 ms ... Aberration #Aberrancy #Comparison ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Wellens Syndrome on EKG
Associated with a critical stenosis of the proximal LAD, suggestive of impending infarction
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Associated with a critical ... recent angina - Abnormal ... - Isoelectric ST ... #ecg #cardiology ... electrocardiogram #diagnosis
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

WPW is a congenital abnormality characterized by an abnormal accessory conduction pathway between the atria
characterized by an abnormal ... QRS interval on EKG ... WolffParkinsonWhite #WPW #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
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
EKG Interpretation ... V1 (Invert III normal ... de pointes • Short ... Electrocardiogram #cardiology ... #diagnosis #system
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
apple") should sit ... Wrist #Carpal #Radiology ... #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Orthopedics #Sports ... #MSK
TISSUE APPEARANCES ON 
MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND 

Bone:
 
Bone is represented as a very bright structure and appears
Tendon: Normal ... infrapatellar bursa of the knee ... MUSCULOSKELETAL #MSK ... #POCUS #Atlas #Clinical ... #Radiology #Comparison
Focal Periphyseal Edema (FOPE lesion) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Arrows identifying the characteristic edema-like signal
FOPE lesion) - MSK ... Radiology Imaging ... atraumatic adolescent knee ... The physis is normal ... #Radiology #diagnosis
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
= Biomarkers + ECG ... deWinter T waves - starts ... T wave in V1 - normal ... #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology