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Causes of Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Narrow Complex - Regular:
 • Sinus tachycardia
 • Atrial flutter
Causes of Tachycardia ... Atrial flutter • AV ... nodal reentrant ... tachycardia • AV ... #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
AVJ Impulse/Rhythm Disturbance in one slide
 • Impulse/Rhythms Originating in the AV Junction
 • Reentrant (reciprocal
Originating in the AV ... Junction • Reentrant ... impulses) #cardiology ... #diagnosis #ekg ... #ecg #electrocardiogram
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Syndrome (SSS) • AV ... node: AV re-entrant ... nodal re-entrant ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #cardiology
Digoxin effect on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside from the foxglove leaf
Mechanism
 - Inhibits Na-K
- Decreases AV ... nodal conduction Uses ... Digoxin effect on ECG ... #Cardiology #Digitalis ... #ECG
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
Approach to ECGs ... rhythms (5) AV ... 200ms from longer pause ... bradyarrhythmia #ECG ... electrocardiogram #cardiology
Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
Causes of Proteinuria ... Negative urine dip ... Positive urine dip ... Protein deposition (eg ... #Proteinuria #Nephrology
Cannon A Waves
 • Caused by atrial contracting against a closed tricuspid valve
 • Atrioventricular dissociation
Cannon A Waves • Caused ... , it indicates AV ... activation from SVT (e.g ... AWaves #diagnosis #cardiology
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
- Congenital (e.g ... HHT), Acquired (e.g ... Systemic Vasdilation, AV ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology ... #causes
WOBBLER  for ECG assessment in Syncope 
W - Wolff Parkinson White 
O - Obstructed AV
WOBBLER for ECG ... O - Obstructed AV ... is obstructed AV ... syncope, can be caused ... #Cardiology