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Hallmark ECG features of Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)
AV indicates atrioventricular; LAD, left axis deviation; LBBB, left bundle
bundle branch block ... bundle branch block ... #Ventricular #Tachycardia ... #VTach #ECG #EKG ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
66 yo with syncope - Ventricular Tachycardia

This ECG shows a wide-complex tachycardia in a right bundle
bundle branch block ... establish the diagnosis ... @ECGQuizzes #VTach ... #Clinical #Cardiology ... #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram
Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 • Narrow
1st Degree Heart Block ... Brady Management ... degrees #summary #Diagnosis ... #EKG #electrocardiogram ... #ecg #cardiology
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
- w/ variable block ... (3) SA node block ... - Proximal AV block ... #EKG #diagnosis ... #cardiology #differential
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
- Differential Diagnosis ... bpm) • Sinus Bradycardia ... Syndrome • SA Block ... • AV Block (ISt ... tachyarrhythmias #Cardiology
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
Interval: • 1° Block ... >200ms • 2° Block ... loss of P • 2° Block ... • 3° Complete Block ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
., long QT syndrome ... Bundle branch block ... 300 = NSVT EKG ... Differential Diagnosis ... #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
with variable block ... atrioventricular block ... dysfunction • Bradycardia-tachycardia ... • Ventricular ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Bundle Branch Block ... bundle-branch block ... ; and sinus tachycardia ... #cardiology #ecg ... #ekg #electrocardiogram