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Wide Complex Tachycardia - ECG Definition and Causes
 • Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac
Tachycardia - ECG ... Definition and Causes ... Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT ... Tachycardia #WCT #diagnosis ... #cardiology #ekg
Chronic SVC Stenosis with Caudal Blood Flow of Dilated Abdominal Veins

60 y/o hx of seizures &
What is the cause ... collaterals - SVC ... stenosis of his SVC ... #syndrome #Stenosis ... #Video #Chest #PhysicalExam
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
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
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
main coronary artery ... : Differential diagnosis ... supraventricular tachycardia (SVT ... electrocardiogram #diagnosis ... #cardiology
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
w/ BBB (3) SVT ... flutter (3) SVTs ... (2) Sick Sinus Syndrome ... #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
- Differential Diagnosis ... ex: duplicated SVC ... Nodule / mass • Masses ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #radiology
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
1500 d/s/cm5) (SVR ... = 80 x [mean artery ... ml/beats/m2) (SVI ... [MAP – PCWP] x SVI ... mean PAp – CVP] x SVI
Peripheral Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Lower Extremity Edema

Edema occurs when any of the following
- Differential Diagnosis ... • SVC syndrome ... right common iliac artery ... #differential #diagnosis ... Lower #Extremity #PhysicalExam
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