19 results
Causes of Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Narrow Complex - Regular:
 • Sinus tachycardia
 • Atrial flutter
Causes of Tachycardia ... Atrial flutter • AV ... nodal reentrant ... tachycardia • AV ... #cardiology
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
(AFL), Atrial Fibrillation ... node: AV re-entrant ... ), Ventricular Fibrillation ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation and WPW - Pre-Excitation AFib
In pre-excitation + a-fib with RVR:
 • All AV nodal
Atrial Fibrillation ... with RVR: • All AV ... PreExcitation #clinical ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology
Visual Guide to AV Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT) - Pathophysiology
 - Dual AV nodal physiology is
Visual Guide to AV ... Nodal Reentrant ... - In most case ... ECG usually shows ... Pathophysiology #cardiology
It starts as sinus rhythm with probable inferior STEMI, but becomes ventricular fibrillation (or polymorphic ventricular
probable inferior STEMI ... becomes ventricular fibrillation ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #EKG #Arrest #VentricularTachycardia
Digoxin effect on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside from the foxglove leaf
Mechanism
 - Inhibits Na-K
- Decreases AV ... nodal conduction Uses ... : - Atrial fibrillation ... #Cardiology #Digitalis ... #ECG
Flecainide Toxicity on ECG

70 year old patient with chronic atrial fibrillation on an antiarrhythmic presented with
Flecainide Toxicity on ECG ... chronic atrial fibrillation ... presented with nausea ... Flecainide #Toxicity #ECG ... #Cardiology #Clinical
Acute Anterior MI with AV Dissociation #Clinical #Cardiology #EKG #Anterior #STEMI #AVDissociation #Dissociation #ECGEducator
Anterior MI with AV ... Dissociation #Clinical ... #Cardiology #EKG ... #Anterior #STEMI
Acute Inferoposterior Wall MI with Complete AV Block #Clinical #Cardiology #EKG #Inferoposterior #STEMI #ECGEducator
with Complete AV ... Block #Clinical ... #Cardiology #EKG ... Inferoposterior #STEMI
Treatment of Stable Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
Regular Rhythm:
 • Attempt vagal maneuvers
 • Give adenosine 6 milligrams IV
Control rate with AV ... Treat underlying cause ... Probable atrial fibrillation ... Treat underlying cause ... Treatment #management #cardiology