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Ventricular Tachycardia in Wide Complex Tachycardia - Telemetry Diagnosis
 • Lead V1 - LBBB Criteria
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Lead II - R-Wave Peak ... #Tachycardia #WCT ... #VTach #diagnosis ... #cardiology #ekg ... #ecg #telemetry
Various wide complex tachycardia (WCT) differentiation algorithmic designs and algorithms.
The most commonly utilized approaches to differentiate
complex tachycardia (WCT ... differentiate WCTs ... #Tachycardia #VTach ... #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Hallmark ECG features of Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)
AV indicates atrioventricular; LAD, left axis deviation; LBBB, left bundle
Hallmark ECG features ... ; RWPT, R wave peak ... time; and WCT, ... #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Vereckie Algorithm - Lead aVR - Ventricular Tachycardia - Telemetry Diagnosis
WCT is VT IF:
 • Initial
Vereckie Algorithm ... Telemetry Diagnosis WCT ... #VTach #avr #diagnosis ... #cardiology #ekg ... #ecg #telemetry
Pava Criteria - R-Wave Peak Time (RWPT) - Lead II - Ventricular Tachycardia Criteria - Telemetry
Criteria - R-Wave Peak ... #Tachycardia #WCT ... #VTach #leadII ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ekg #ecg #RWPT
EKG in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
The sensitivity and specificity for EKG findings in acute PE are low.
EKG
EKG in Acute Pulmonary ... evaluating for other causes ... cardionerds #EKG ... #EKG #Pulmonary ... AcutePE #diagnosis #cardiology
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Algorithm History ... life-threatening causes ... Pneumothorax • Pulmonary ... : • EKG • Bedside ... Well score for PE
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
EKG of the same ... Number of Cannon A per ... to diagnose the case ... narrow complex tach ... PhysicalExam #JVP #Cardiology
Treatment of Stable Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
Regular Rhythm:
 • Attempt vagal maneuvers
 • Give adenosine 6 milligrams IV
Control rate (e.g ... Treat underlying cause ... Control rate (e.g ... Treatment #management #cardiology ... #algorithm
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
production to cause ... arrythmias Diagnostics: EKG ... Nuclear SPECT ($$$), PET ... CT/MRI ($$$$) ... Stress #Testing #cardiology