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Stimulated
SA node
AV node -
Un-stimulated
#PQ
(mV) 0
ECG (lead II)
QRS
#QRS
#SA node
#AV node
#Bundle of His
Bundle branches
#Purkinje fibers
#QRS
#ST
Stimulated SA node ... ) QRS #QRS #SA
Supraventricular Tachycardias - Pathophysiology
Conduction pathways through SA Node, Atrium, AV Node, Bundle of His, and Ventricle
pathways through SA
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
tachy not from SA ... /brady) (3) SA ... escaped beats (4) SA
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Arrhythmias • SA ... > 100 bpm) • SA
Multifocal (or multiform) atrial tachycardia (MAT) is an abnormal heart rhythm, specifically a type of supraventricular
sinoatrial node (SA ... outside of the SA
Cardiac conducting system 
 - Sinoatrial (SA) node normally generates the action potential, i.e. the electrical
- Sinoatrial (SA ... - The SA node
A junctional escape beat is a delayed heartbeat originating not from the atrium but from an
impulses from the SA ... node because of SA ... compensate for the SA ... function when the SA
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. Source: Fanaroff AC, Rymer
JA, Goldstein SA
Dorsal vagal
nucleus
T1 spinal
cord segment
Sympathetic
trunk
Vagus n. (CN X)
含
- Cardiac plexus
— Sinoatrial (SA)
node
#Atrioventricular (AV)
#node
- Myocardium
— Sinoatrial (SA
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
Sinus Syndrome (SA