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Wide Complex Tachycardia - ECG Definition and Causes
 • Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac
Definition and Causes ... Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac ... : • Ventricular ... imbalance • Ventricular ... WCT #diagnosis #cardiology
Vereckie Algorithm - Lead aVR - Ventricular Tachycardia - Telemetry Diagnosis
WCT is VT IF:
 • Initial
Vereckie Algorithm ... - Lead aVR - Ventricular ... Diagnosis WCT is VT ... avr #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ekg #ecg #telemetry
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Causes of Sudden ... Cardiac Arrest ... heart disease: CAD ... Arrhythmogenic right ventricular ... #Arrest #cardiology
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... production to cause ... Contraindications: Pts with ventricular ... arrythmias Diagnostics: EKG ... Nuclear SPECT ($$$), PET
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Physical exam • 12-lead ... ECG • Limited ... supraventricular or ventricular ... tachycardia • Ventricular ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
manifestation of cardiac ... arrhythmia syndromes (e.g ... heart disease Causes ... 300 = NSVT EKG ... #differential #cardiology
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
flare ups that cause ... Treatments may include: cardiac ... assist device (LVAD ... #Management #Cardiology ... Stages #ACCAHA #Algorithm
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Guidelines for Crises ... , particularly ventricular ... trolley and 12-lead ... Obtain a 12-lead ... consultation with 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 ... ACTIVATE CATH LAB ... Fick calculated cardiac ... Angiography & PCI
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
different P waves in lead ... 200ms from longer pause ... Distal AV block - ventricular ... #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology