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Pacemaker Operating Modes
1 - Chamber paced
     A (atrium), V (ventricle), D (dual/both)
2
Pacemaker Operating ... period of time the pacemaker ... would trigger pacemaker-mediated ... The voltage the pacemaker ... #PPM #Operating
Temporary / External Pacing
 • Transvenous & epicardial pacing are temporary methods of supporting brady- &
permanent implanted pacemaker ... required to trigger depolarization ... to identify a depolarization ... MD @nickmmark #pacemaker ... #PPM #Temporary
Pacemaker Timing Settings
 • Lower rate limit (50-60 bpm) - The lowest rate at which the
Pacemaker Timing ... period of time the pacemaker ... or paced atrial depolarization ... after ventricular depolarization ... would trigger pacemaker-mediated
Modified Sgarbossa Criteria - Diagnostic Checklist for diagnosing MI in LBBB or Pacemaker
1) Identify LBBB or
MI in LBBB or Pacemaker ... Identify LBBB or Pacemaker ... axis deviation Pacemaker ... from native + PM ... Checklist #EKG #electrocardiogram
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
II (3) 60-100 bpm ... ectopic atrial pacemaker ... leads rsr'), V-pacemaker ... EKG #diagnosis #electrocardiogram
Pacemaker Wire and Thrombus on POCUS Echocardiogram (A4c)
Look out for boogers floating on your pacer wires
Pacemaker Wire and ... Thrombus on POCUS ... @CincySono #Pacemaker ... #ppm #Wire #Thrombus ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
normal • The PP ... Wandering Atrial Pacemaker ... several cycle the pacemaker ... diagnosis #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram
Third Degree AV Block aka Complete Heart Block
 • In sinus rhythm with complete AV block,
AV block, the PP ... usually 40-60 bpm ... by a junctional pacemaker ... an infra-Hisian pacemaker ... ecg #diagnosis #electrocardiogram
Multifocal Atrial Rhythm vs Wandering Atrial Pacemaker
Mutifocal Atrial Rhythm / Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia:
Belong to a group
Wandering Atrial Pacemaker ... and an irregular PP ... of the dominant pacemaker ... focus from the ... cardiology #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram
Atrioventricular Blocks (AV blocks) - ECG Diagnosis Summary
First Degree AV Block
 • The P wave is
AV block, the PP ... usually 40-60 bpm ... by a junctional pacemaker ... an infra-Hisian pacemaker ... ecg #diagnosis #electrocardiogram