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Wide Complex Tachycardia - ECG Definition and Causes
 • Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac
Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT ... Ventricular pacing • Electrocardiogram ... Tachycardia #WCT #diagnosis ... #cardiology #ekg ... #ecg #electrocardiogram
Hypercalcemia - EKG Findings
Causes of Hypercalcemia 
• Malignancy 
• Milk-alkali syndrome 
• Vitamin D toxicity 
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Findings Causes ... • Milk-alkali syndrome ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #Differential #Causes ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
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 ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #Cardiology #EKG
Approach to ECGs - VT vs. SVT - Wide Tachycardias
DDx = VT vs. SVT with BBB
All
SVT - Wide Tachycardias ... SVT with BBB All ... #VT #VTach #SVT ... #ekg #cardiology ... #diagnosis #electrocardiogram
Electrocardiographic Features of Digoxin Toxicity
 • Virtually any arrhythmia is possible. None specific for digoxin toxicity
associated combine some SVT ... " or "sagging" ST ... digitalis #Toxicity #Electrocardiogram ... #ekg #ecg #toxicology ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
• Sick Sinus Syndrome ... Regular Rhythm SVT ... Irregular Rhythm SVT ... Regular rhythm SVT ... Irregular rhythm SVT
Wellens Syndrome on EKG
Associated with a critical stenosis of the proximal LAD, suggestive of impending infarction
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Wellens Syndrome ... - Isoelectric ST ... #EKG #ecg #cardiology ... #electrocardiogram ... #diagnosis
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
w/ BBB (3) SVT ... (2) Sick Sinus Syndrome ... #EKG #diagnosis ... #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #differential
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
supraventricular tachycardia (SVT ... #AVR #leadAVR #ecg ... #electrocardiogram ... #diagnosis #ekg ... #differential #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