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Wide Complex Tachycardia - ECG Definition and Causes
 • Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac
Tachycardia - ECG ... Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT ... Tachycardia #WCT #diagnosis ... #cardiology #ekg ... #ecg #electrocardiogram
Causes of Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Narrow Complex - Regular:
 • Sinus tachycardia
 • Atrial flutter
tachycardia • Regular SVT ... QRS • Regular SVT ... • Irregular SVT ... • Irregular SVT ... #Algorithm #Causes
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
Regular Rhythm SVT ... Irregular Rhythm SVT ... Regular rhythm SVT ... Irregular rhythm SVT ... #Algorithm #causes
Supraventricular Tachycardia EKG

Here’s a great ECG case of a 50-year-old lady who presented with palpitations

Her heart
case of a 50-year-old ... consistent with SVT ... EM_RESUS #AVRT #SVT ... #Cardiology #EKG ... #Clinical
VT versus SVT with Aberration - Interpretation Cheat Sheet

Features favouring VT
● Absence of typical RBBB or
VT versus SVT with ... Brugada algorithm ... VentricularTachycardia #SVT ... Aberrancy #Comparison #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Vereckie Algorithm - Lead aVR - Ventricular Tachycardia - Telemetry Diagnosis
WCT is VT IF:
 • Initial
Vereckie Algorithm ... WCT is VT IF: ... #Vereckie #Algorithm ... #cardiology #ekg ... #ecg #telemetry
Cannon A Waves
 • Caused by atrial contracting against a closed tricuspid valve
 • Atrioventricular dissociation
Cannon A Waves • Caused ... activation from SVT ... (e.g., junctional ... Cannon #AWaves #diagnosis ... #cardiology #CVP
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
Approach to ECGs ... w/ BBB (3) SVT ... flutter (3) SVTs ... #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
exam • 12-lead ECG ... Arrhythmias: • SVT ... & termination: SVT ... vagal maneuvers: SVT-AVNRT ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
heart disease Causes ... EKG Findings ... Differential Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology