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Comparison between Wandering atrial pacemaker (A) vs multifocal atrial arrhythmia (B)

#WAP #MAR #wandering #atrial #pacemaker #comparison
Comparison between ... arrhythmia (B) ... multifocal #rhythm #cardiology ... #diagnosis #ekg ... #clinical
EKG in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
The sensitivity and specificity for EKG findings in acute PE are low.
EKG
Embolism The sensitivity ... other causes of cardio-pulmonary ... Arrhythmia* (e.g ... also a result of atrial ... #diagnosis #cardiology
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
Wandering Atrial ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram ... #variants #clinical ... #comparison
Left atrial myxoma by cardiac CT. Most common primary cardiac tumor, can embolize.

- Brian Ghoshhajra, MD
@ghoshhajra

#Clinical
Left atrial myxoma ... by cardiac CT. ... tumor, can embolize ... @ghoshhajra #Clinical ... #Radiology #Cardiology
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
Wandering Atrial ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram ... #variants #clinical ... #comparison
Left Ventricular Thrombus Arterial Embolization on Echocardiogram- Caught in Action! 

The TTE was ordered for cardioembolic
after this event, CT ... #Embolization #Cardiac ... #Arterial #Clinical ... echocardiogram #Cardiology ... #A4c #Embolism
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Build clinical suspicion ... Manage acute cardiac ... Cardiogenic shock, Arrythmias ... Pericarditis, Tamponade EKG ... agent, steroids, AC
Multifocal Atrial Arrhythmias on ECG
Multifocal atrial rhythm & Multifocal atrial tachycardia
ECG Recognition:
 • Variable P wave
Arrhythmias on ... #tachycardia #cardiology ... #diagnosis #ekg ... electrocardiogram #clinical ... #comparison #Arrhythmias
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
• Pulmonary embolus ... shock and severe arrhythmias ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... Serial TTE and close ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... CV disease - Arrhythmia ... Change in clinical