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Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- PCCM https://twitter.com/PedCritCareMed
#Polymorphic #Ventricular #Tachycardia #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram #Cardiology #Clinical
Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia ... - PCCM https:/ ... #Ventricular #Tachycardia ... #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Cardiology #Clinical
Morphological Criteria for Discriminating Ventricular Tachycardia from Supraventricular Tachycardia with Aberration

Source Article: Wide Complex Tachycardia –
Supraventricular Tachycardia ... www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc ... Distinguishing #Criteria #Cardiology ... #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... Comparison #Brugada #Algorithm
Pediatric SVT - Management Algorithm
Identify SVT:
 • HR not variable
 • Abrupt rate changes
 • Infants:
Pediatric SVT - Management ... Algorithm Identify ... : HR > 180bpm ECG ... supraventricular #tachycardia ... #Management #Algorithm
It starts as sinus rhythm with probable inferior STEMI, but becomes ventricular fibrillation (or polymorphic ventricular
polymorphic ventricular tachycardia ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #EKG #Arrest #VentricularTachycardia
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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performed) • Clinical ... Unexplained sinus tachycardia ... gallop • Abnormal ECG ... Elevated troponin • Cardiogenic ... #Cardiology
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM

INCLUSION CRITERIA
Acute Myocardial Infarction
 Ischemic Symptoms
 EKG and/or biomarker evidence of AMI
SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM ... Ischemic Symptoms  EKG ... Angiography & PCI ... DCSI #Initiative #Management ... #Cardiology
Treatment of Stable Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
Regular Rhythm:
 • Attempt vagal maneuvers
 • Give adenosine 6 milligrams IV
Narrow-Complex Tachycardia ... Control rate (e.g ... Control rate (e.g ... #Treatment #management ... #cardiology #algorithm
Left Main Coronary Artery Thrombus seen on Angiography

“Mother of all coronary thrombi”.  55 year old
wall STEMI, in Cardiogenic ... shock, ECG predicted ... taken for Primary PCI ... Angiogram #CathLab #clinical ... #cardiology #fluoroscopy
Treatment of Stable Wide-Complex Tachycardia
Regular
 • If ventricular tachycardia or uncertain rhythm:
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Stable Wide-Complex Tachycardia ... If ventricular tachycardia ... nodal agents (e.g ... #Treatment #management ... #cardiology #algorithm
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
x-ray and and ECG ... with sinus tachycardia ... Michael Macias, EM ... Northwestern University #Clinical ... #EM #Radiology