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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
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
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
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
(or 40-60 ms after ... point • De Winter syndrome ... #EKG #diagnosis ... #differential #cardiology ... #electrocardiogram
EKG in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
The sensitivity and specificity for EKG findings in acute PE are low.
EKG
EKG in Acute Pulmonary ... evaluating for other causes ... #EKG #Pulmonary ... Embolism #AcutePE #diagnosis ... #cardiology #electrocardiogram
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Causes of ST Segment ... Framework STEMI ... QRS complex Pulmonary ... #cardiology #ecg ... #ekg #electrocardiogram
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Inherited arrhythmia syndromes ... syndrome, ARVC) ... Differential Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
progression ST ... WolffParkinson-White syndrome ... Interpretation #ECG ... #Electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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hypovolemic shock, SVR ... low or normal SVR ... Ahmed Ghoneem, MD MSc ... artery #catheter #diagnosis ... #cardiology #swanganz
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Paraneoplastic effects of SCC ... dystrophy - Brain stem ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... Serologic and EMG ... Myasthenia #Gravis #diagnosis