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Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Premature Ventricular ... ) - Summary Framework ... heart disease Causes ... Bundle branch block ... full compensatory pause
Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 • Narrow
Summary of Heart ... Heart Block: ... Mobitz I Heart Block ... HeartBlocks #Types #Classification ... Diagnosis #EKG #electrocardiogram
Atrioventricular Blocks (AV blocks) - ECG Diagnosis Summary
First Degree AV Block
 • The P wave is
Diagnosis Summary ... PAC or PVC, acceleration ... #AVBlock #cardiology ... ecg #diagnosis #electrocardiogram ... #classification
Antiarrhythmics Pharmacology Summary
Cardiac Conduction Phases:
Phase 0 - Ventricular Depolarization:
 • Na+ channels open leading to a
: • MOA: Block ... : • MOA: Block ... primarily) and block ... : • MOA: Block ... #Classes #pathophysiology
Deep T Wave Inversions - Differential
Normal variants 
  A. Juvenile T wave pattern
Left or right ventricular ... bundle branch blocks ... bundle branch block ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... Cardiology #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Syndrome • SA Block ... • AV Block (ISt ... • Premature ventricular ... #causes
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification
Reflex Syncope 
 - Vasovagal syncope
   • Prolonged standing
Differential Diagnosis by Classification ... • AV block ... Tachyarrhythmias • Ventricular ... Differential #Diagnosis #Classification ... #Table #Causes
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
with variable block ... twitching CARDIAC CAUSES ... atrioventricular block ... Nonarrhythmic Cardiac Causes ... NON-CARDIAC CAUSES
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Causes of ST Segment ... Bundle Branch Block ... bundle-branch block ... voltage Other Causes ... cardiology #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
from placenta): block ... other high-output causes ... dissection • Other causes ... Rule out other causes ... tachycardia on the electrocardiogram