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Pericardial Effusion on EKG
 • Electrical alternans
 • Low voltage
 • Sinus tachycardia (suggests possibility of
Low voltage • Sinus ... tachycardia (suggests ... #ECG #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #clinical
TCA Overdose on EKG
 • Sinus tachycardia
 • QRS prolongation
 • QT prolongation
 • Rightward deviation
TCA Overdose on EKG ... • Sinus tachycardia ... #ECG #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #clinical #criteria
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
Approach to ECGs ... bradyarrhythmia #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis ... #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #differential
66 yo with syncope - Ventricular Tachycardia

This ECG shows a wide-complex tachycardia in a right bundle
bundle branch block ... establish the diagnosis ... VentricularTachycardia #Clinical ... #Cardiology #ECG ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram
Type 1 Second-degree AV block, also known as Mobitz I or Wenckebach periodicity, is almost always
Second-degree AV block ... interval on the electrocardiogram ... (ECG) on consecutive ... #Clinical #EM #IM ... #Cardiology #MedStudent
Type 1 Second-degree AV block, also known as Mobitz I or Wenckebach periodicity, is almost always
Second-degree AV block ... interval on the electrocardiogram ... (ECG) on consecutive ... #Clinical #EM #IM ... #Cardiology #MedStudent
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
#Arrhythmia #cardiology ... #diagnosis #ekg ... #ecg #electrocardiogram ... #variants #clinical ... #comparison
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... • Unexplained sinus ... tachycardia • ... gallop • Abnormal ECG ... #Management #Cardiology
Hyperkalemia on EKG
"Mild" Hyperkalemia
 • Peaked, narrow-based T Waves
 • Double counting of HR by EKG
QRS widening • Sinus ... of conduction block ... #ECG #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #clinical
Paroxysmal AV Block on ECG
 - Characterized by an abrupt and persistent AV block in the
on ECG - Characterized ... or slowing of sinus ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram ... #clinical