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Morphological Criteria for Discriminating Ventricular Tachycardia from Supraventricular Tachycardia with Aberration

Source Article: Wide Complex Tachycardia –
Morphological Criteria ... #Cardiology #ECG ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #VTach #SVT #Differences ... #Comparison #Brugada
VT versus SVT with Aberration - Interpretation Cheat Sheet

Features favouring VT
● Absence of typical RBBB or
Aberration - Interpretation ... Morphology criteria ... #Aberration #Aberrancy ... #Comparison #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Approach to ECGs - VT vs. SVT - Wide Tachycardias
DDx = VT vs. SVT with BBB
All
(i.e. entirely positive ... axis") — QRS is positive ... #Comparison #VentricularTachycardia ... Versus #ecg #ekg #cardiology ... #diagnosis #electrocardiogram
Here’s an ECG of a patient with 100% Acute LAD Occlusion

Remember that RBBB normally has ST
should alarm you ... segment should ... STEMI Criteria misses ... Total #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Clinical #Cardiology
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
elevation: Differential ... supraventricular tachycardia (SVT ... than Brugada criteria ... #leadAVR #ecg #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
continues into tall, positive ... V6 • Sgarbossa criterion ... • Sgarbossa criterion ... EKG #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology #electrocardiogram
Modified Sgarbossa Criteria - Diagnostic Checklist for diagnosing MI in LBBB or Pacemaker
1) Identify LBBB or
Modified Sgarbossa Criteria ... Should see "Appropriate ... Discordance" = ST ... Checklist #EKG #electrocardiogram ... #ecg #cardiology
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
in HM • False positives ... synthetic now and should ... BAL GM does not differentiate ... non-neutropenic pts, SOT ... Galactomannan #diagnosis #comparison
Modified Sgarbossa Positive ECG

Interestingly, the ECG for this case report shows development of conventional STEMI criteria
Modified Sgarbossa Positive ... in lead V6 has ST ... #Sgarbossa #Positive ... Modified #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Clinical #Cardiology
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Elevation - Differential ... segments and T waves should ... Segment #Elevation #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram