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Wide Complex Tachycardia - ECG Definition and Causes
 • Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac
Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac ... Ventricular Tachycardia (VT ... Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT ... WCT #diagnosis #cardiology ... #definition #differential
It starts as sinus rhythm with probable inferior STEMI, but becomes ventricular fibrillation (or polymorphic ventricular
#Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #EKG #Arrest #VentricularTachycardia ... #VT
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Causes of Sudden Cardiac ... Arrest Primary ... Catecholaminergic polymorphic VT ... #Arrest #cardiology ... #differential #
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
100 Wide (1) VT ... w/ BBB (3) SVT ... (4) SA node arrest ... electrocardiogram #cardiology ... #differential
Congenital Long QT Syndrome: Illness Script

Who?
 - Kids or young adults, usually < 30
 - high
misdiagnosed) - Sudden cardiac ... arrest/death ... to polymorphic VT ... **Get baseline EKG ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
or VT • Rapid ... Arrhythmias: • SVT ... & termination: SVT ... or VT • Terminates ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Build clinical suspicion ... Manage acute cardiac ... Pericarditis, Tamponade EKG ... block, Aberrancy, VT ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Yamaguchi cardiomyopathy on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
That time when a doctor tells you that you're "having a heart
unwell when in SVT ... Cardiac MR shows ... #ekg #electrocardiogram ... #hypertrophic #clinical ... #cardiology
Ventricular tachycardia (V-tach or VT) is a type of regular and fast heart rate that arises
tachycardia (V-tach or VT ... may result in cardiac ... arrest and turn ... #Clinical #MedStudent ... #Cardiology #EKG
Yamaguchi cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram (A4C)

ECG has been stable for years, she only feels unwell when in
Echocardiogram (A4C) ECG ... unwell when in SVT ... Cardiac MR shows ... #hypertrophic #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus