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Wide Complex Tachycardia - ECG Definition and Causes
 • Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac
- ECG Definition ... (WCT) is a cardiac ... #WCT #diagnosis ... #cardiology #ekg ... #ecg #electrocardiogram
Lead aVR on EKG
Lead aVR can provide some unique insight into 5 different conditions:

 - Acute
narrow complex tachycardias ... Differentiating VT from SVT ... ) #Diagnosis # ... Cardiology #EKG ... #ECG #Lead #AVR
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
: Differential diagnosis ... (SVT) in wide cornplex ... • Vereckei criteria ... VT than Brugada criteria ... #cardiology
POCUS - Measuring Cardiac Output
1) Calculate LVOT Area
2) Calculate LVOT VTI
3) Calculate Cardiac Output

SV = (LVOT
POCUS - Measuring ... CO (mL/min) = SV ... #Echocardiogram ... #Measurement #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Unexplained sinus tachycardia ... gallop • Abnormal ECG ... , echocardiogram ... shock, sudden cardiac ... #Management #Cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... Palpitations Diagnosis ... exam • 12-lead ECG ... Nonarrhythmic Cardiac ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Echocardiographic criteria of LV Non-compaction
Chin Criteria (1990):
 • Absence of any other coexisting cardiac structural abnormality
other coexisting cardiac ... other coexisting cardiac ... Echocardiography #Echocardiogram ... #Chin #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
manifestation of cardiac ... 300 = NSVT EKG ... Differential Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology
Yamaguchi cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram (A4C)

ECG has been stable for years, she only feels unwell when in
(A4C) ECG has ... unwell when in SVT ... Cardiac MR shows ... hypertrophic #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
velocity of 9.5 cm/sec ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... criteria (D) a ... #a4c #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology