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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
Diastolic Function Grading - Schematic diastolic filling patterns

I: impaired relaxation, II: moderate diastolic dysfunction (pseudonormal), III:
progression, LA: left atrium ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Dysfunction #Grading #Classification ... #Grades #Criteria ... #Table #Assessment
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 ... #Rhythms #Table
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
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
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Diamond-Forrester classification ... , and the HEART ... (+LR 2.6) - Cardiac ... - History - EKG ... diagnosis #Algorithm #cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Venous System/Right Heart ... Angiography or Cardiac ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... PFO, ASD, h/o of cardiac ... #cardiology
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
events in-hospital. heart ... Subepicardial atrial ... : AVNRT, AVRT, atrial ... • Vereckei criteria ... #differential #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 ... DeltaWave #ShortPR #Criteria
Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 • Narrow
Summary of Heart ... P and QRS • Atrial ... HeartBlocks #Types #Classification ... summary #Diagnosis #EKG ... #cardiology