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Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
Lead AVR on ECG ... • Classic EKG ... supraventricular tachycardia (SVT ... #AVR #leadAVR #ecg ... electrocardiogram #diagnosis #ekg
Supraventricular Tachycardia EKG

Here’s a great ECG case of a 50-year-old lady who presented with palpitations

Her heart
Here’s a great ECG ... consistent with SVT ... @EM_RESUS #AVRT ... #SVT #Supraventricular ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram
Vasopressors and Inotropes - Pharmacology Summary
Vasopressors
Phenylephrine (alpha-1)
 • Increases BP, SVR
 • Risk of reflex bradycardia
Increases BP, SVR ... Increases BP, SVR ... Increases HR, SVR ... Increases BP, SVR ... , SVR Inotropes
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
100 Wide (1) VT ... w/ BBB (3) SVT ... bradyarrhythmia #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology #differential
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
exam • 12-lead ECG ... Valvular disease (e.g ... & termination: SVT ... vagal maneuvers: SVT-AVNRT ... or AVRT • Standing
Visual Guide to AV Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT) - Pathophysiology
 - Dual AV nodal physiology is
Visual Guide to AV ... substrate for AVNRT ... - In most case ... ECG usually shows ... Pathophysiology #cardiology #SVT
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Causes of ST Segment ... depression in aVR ... depression in aVR ... diagnosis #cardiology #ecg ... #ekg #electrocardiogram
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Build clinical suspicion ... HF, Cardiogenic shock ... Pericarditis, Tamponade EKG ... Findings: - AV ... block, Aberrancy, VT
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... - Decreased SVR ... management #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential # ... causes #classification
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... - Decreased SVR ... management #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential # ... causes #classification