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Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis and Management - Narrow vs Wide, Regular vs Irregular
Narrow - Regular:
Use P
- Differential Diagnosis ... Positive deflection ... • Monomorphic VTach ... • Polymorphic VTach ... #Management #cardiology
Hallmark ECG features of Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)
AV indicates atrioventricular; LAD, left axis deviation; LBBB, left bundle
ECG features of Ventricular ... Tachycardia (VT ... #VTach #ECG #EKG ... #Electrocardiogram ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Approach to ECGs - VT vs. SVT - Wide Tachycardias
DDx = VT vs. SVT with BBB
All
(i.e. entirely positive ... - a sinus and ventricular ... #VT #VTach #SVT ... Versus #ecg #ekg #cardiology ... #diagnosis #electrocardiogram
VT versus SVT with Aberration - Interpretation Cheat Sheet

Features favouring VT
● Absence of typical RBBB or
sinus beat and a ventricular ... Positive or negative ... #VTach #VentricularTachycardia ... Aberrancy #Comparison #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis ... (PACs), Atrial Flutter ... tachycardia (V-tach ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #cardiology
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
(3) SVTs - ... Distal AV block - ventricular ... bradyarrhythmia #ECG #EKG #diagnosis ... #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #differential
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
Pericarditis: PR ... Differentiating ventricular ... supraventricular tachycardia (SVT ... #leadAVR #ecg #electrocardiogram ... #differential #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... supraventricular or ventricular ... tachycardia • Ventricular ... tachycardia • Pericarditis ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
- Differential Diagnosis ... depression Pericarditis ... V5-6 • Left Ventricular ... #cardiology #ecg ... #ekg #electrocardiogram
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
Saw-Tooth = Atrial Flutter ... aVF) • Right ventricular ... Arrhythmogenic right ventricular ... Interpretation #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis