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ECG Basics - Atrial Rhythms #Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG #Atrial #SVT #Comparison #Table #AFib #AFlutter #MAT #WAP
ECG Basics - Atrial ... Rhythms #Cardiology ... #Atrial #SVT #Comparison ... #Table #AFib #AFlutter ... MAT #WAP #WPW #SVT
Typical (Counterclockwise) and Reverse Typical (Clockwise) Atrial Flutter on EKG
Typical (Counterclockwise) Atrial Flutter
 • Inferior leads:
Typical (Clockwise) Atrial ... Flutter on EKG ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #clinical ... #diagnosis #comparison
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis and Management - Narrow vs Wide, Regular vs Irregular
Narrow - Regular:
Use P
SVT. 140-280 ... • Atrial Flutter ... • DDx: SVT + ... #Management #cardiology ... #wide #narrow #algorithm
Isthmus Independent Atrial Flutter
 • Rapid atrial activity without typical inferior sawtooth waves suggests CTI-independent flutter
• Negative F waves ... #Flutter #aflutter ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #clinical ... #diagnosis
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Narrow-Complex:
 • Regular: Sinus Tachycardia, Junctional Tachycardia, Atrial Tachycardia, Atrial Flutter, AVRT
- Differential Diagnosis ... WPW), AVnRT (ie SVT ... Antidromic AVRT, SVT ... Any irregular SVT ... #cardiology #wide
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 ... tachyarrhythmias #Cardiology
Atrial Flutter on EKG
 • Regularly-occurring atrial activity
 • ≥ 240 atrial depolarizations (i.e. flutter waves)
Atrial Flutter on ... waves) / min ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #clinical ... #diagnosis
Causes of Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Narrow Complex - Regular:
 • Sinus tachycardia
 • Atrial flutter
tachycardia • Regular SVT ... QRS • Regular SVT ... • Irregular SVT ... • Irregular SVT ... #cardiology
Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is an abnormally fast heart rhythm arising from improper electrical activity in upper
Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT ... ), atrial flutter ... #Clinical #MedStudent ... #Cardiology #EKG ... #SVT #SupraVentricularTachycardia
Cannon A Waves
 • Caused by atrial contracting against a closed tricuspid valve
 • Atrioventricular dissociation
• Caused by atrial ... dissociation + retrograde atrial ... activation from SVT ... (e.g., junctional ... #diagnosis #cardiology