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Antiarrhythmics - Vaughan Williams Classification
Class I (Ia, Ib, Ic) - Na+ Channel Blockade
 • Slows depolarization
Vaughan Williams Classification ... cells • Slows sinus ... rate and prolongs PR ... cells • Slow sinus ... #Classes #cardiology
Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 • Narrow
• Prolonged PR ... • Prolonged PR ... Treatment: Pacemaker 3rd ... HeartBlocks #Types #Classification ... Diagnosis #EKG #electrocardiogram
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
DANGER (2) Sinus ... block 1º - long PR ... 200ms from longer pause ... successively longer PR ... EKG #diagnosis #electrocardiogram
Pacemaker Placement Indications
Class I:
 • Third degree block
 • Advanced 2nd degree block
 • Symptomatic Mobitz
induced 2nd or 3rd ... unclear origin • Sinus ... arrest, prolonged PR ... • Reversible causes
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... (<60 bpm) • Sinus ... Block (ISt/2nd /3rd ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... : • Sick Sinus ... Node) • 2nd/3rd ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Atrioventricular Blocks (AV blocks) - ECG Diagnosis Summary
First Degree AV Block
 • The P wave is
PR interval ... There is constant PR ... • The PR interval ... ecg #diagnosis #electrocardiogram ... #classification
Third Degree AV Block aka Complete Heart Block
 • In sinus rhythm with complete AV block,
Heart Block • In sinus ... • The PR interval ... #ThirdDegree #3rd ... ecg #diagnosis #electrocardiogram
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Causes of ST Segment ... not in aVL • PR-segment ... bundle-branch block; and sinus ... voltage Other Causes ... cardiology #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram