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Lead aVR on EKG
Lead aVR can provide some unique insight into 5 different conditions:

 - Acute
narrow complex tachycardias ... from SVT with aberrancy ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #EKG #ECG #Lead ... #AVR #Utility #ALiEM
Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is an abnormally fast heart rhythm arising from improper electrical activity in upper
Supraventricular tachycardia ... (SVT) is an abnormally ... supraventricular tachycardia ... #Clinical #MedStudent ... #Cardiology #EKG
Supraventricular Tachycardia EKG

Here’s a great ECG case of a 50-year-old lady who presented with palpitations

Her heart
Supraventricular Tachycardia ... consistent with SVT ... EM_RESUS #AVRT #SVT ... #Cardiology #EKG ... #Clinical
#EKG taken on a patient with an acute pulmonary embolism with right heart strain showing tachycardia,
#EKG taken on a ... strain showing tachycardia ... branch block, ST ... in V1 - V4 #Clinical ... #criticalcare #cardiology
It starts as sinus rhythm with probable inferior STEMI, but becomes ventricular fibrillation (or polymorphic ventricular
polymorphic ventricular tachycardia ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #EKG #Arrest #VentricularTachycardia ... #VT
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Cardiac Causes: • Cardiomyopathy ... • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... Arrhythmias: • SVT ... & termination: SVT ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Yamaguchi cardiomyopathy on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
That time when a doctor tells you that you're "having a heart
Yamaguchi cardiomyopathy ... ECG has been stable ... unwell when in SVT ... #hypertrophic #clinical ... #cardiology
Treatment of Stable Wide-Complex Tachycardia
Regular
 • If ventricular tachycardia or uncertain rhythm:
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Treatment of Stable ... cardioversion • If known SVT ... nodal agents (e.g ... irregular protocol #Stable ... Treatment #management #cardiology
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
artery disease • Cardiomyopathy ... EKG Findings ... Supraventricular tachycardia ... (PVC-induced cardiomyopathy ... #differential #cardiology
Yamaguchi cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram (A4C)

ECG has been stable for years, she only feels unwell when in
Echocardiogram (A4C) ECG ... has been stable ... unwell when in SVT ... #hypertrophic #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus