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#Diagnosis #Cardiology #Cardiac #Heart #Tumors #Masses #Differential #Classification
#Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Cardiac #Heart ... Tumors #Masses #Differential ... #Classification
Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is an abnormally fast heart rhythm arising from improper electrical activity in upper
abnormally fast heart ... upper part of the heart ... Clinical #MedStudent #Cardiology ... #EKG #SVT #SupraVentricularTachycardia ... #ECGEducator
Junctional Rhythms - Junctional rhythm describes an abnormal heart rhythm resulting from impulses coming from a
describes an abnormal heart ... junction" between atria ... #Cardiology #MedStudent ... #EKG #Junctional ... RetrogradeP #Escape #ECGEducator
Digoxin effect on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside from the foxglove leaf
Mechanism
 - Inhibits Na-K
Electrocardiogram (EKG ... Digoxin is a cardiac ... fibrillation and atrial ... rate control) - Heart ... #Cardiology #Digitalis
Typical ECG changes in acute pericarditis includes: stage 1 - diffuse, positive, ST elevations with reciprocal
especially left heart ... leads indicates atrial ... Diagnosis #EM #IM #Cardiology ... #EKG #Pericarditis ... #Spodick #ECGEducator
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
FLUTTER • HEART ... VALVULAR DISEASE • HEART ... SYPATHOMIMETICS • CARDIAC ... Palpitations #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Almost any type of cardiac arrhythmia is seen in digitalis toxic­ity. However, type II second-degree atrioventricular
Almost any type of cardiac ... Complete heart block ... , sino-atrial (SA ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #EKG #ECG #Digoxin
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Muffled heart sounds ... will show muffled heart ... paradoxus - ECG ... #Pericardial #Cardiac ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Pressure Waveforms - Differential ... , severe right heart ... Absent y descent - Cardiac ... Waveforms #JVP #Differential ... #PhysicalExam #cardiology
Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome (WPW) is one of several disorders of the electrical system of the heart that
system of the heart ... pathway between the atria ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #MedStudent #EKG ... ShortPR #Criteria #ECGEducator