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Ventricular Tachycardia - Management Algorithm
Wide Complex Tachycardia: Rate > 100, QRS > 120
DDx: Ventricular tachycardia, SVT
with aberrancy, SVT ... • Monomorphic VT ... • Polymorphic VT ... Management #Algorithm #cardiology ... #VT
Wide Complex Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Irregular
 • Polymorphic VT
    - Torsades
• Polymorphic VT ... True Monomorphic VT ... Heart Disease • VT ... Mimickers - SVT ... Algorithm #WCT #cardiology
PocketPEM - Pediatric Arrhythmias #Management #Peds #EM #Cardiology #Arrhythmia #PocketCard #SVT #PEA #Asystole #VT #VFib #Bradycardia
Management #Peds #EM #Cardiology ... Arrhythmia #PocketCard #SVT ... PEA #Asystole #VT
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
-Chamber View (A4C ... -Chamber View (A5C ... -Chamber View (A2C ... POCUS #Cardiac #TTE ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
VT versus SVT with Aberration - Interpretation Cheat Sheet

Features favouring VT
● Absence of typical RBBB or
VT versus SVT with ... Features favouring VT ... V1,V6 suggest VT ... Visualmed #VT ... Comparison #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Narrow-Complex:
 • Regular: Sinus Tachycardia, Junctional Tachycardia, Atrial Tachycardia, Atrial Flutter, AVRT
WPW), AVnRT (ie SVT ... Antidromic AVRT, SVT ... Irregular: Polymorphic VT ... Any irregular SVT ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Approach to ECGs - VT vs. SVT - Wide Tachycardias
DDx = VT vs. SVT with BBB
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Approach to ECGs - VT ... DDx = VT vs. ... sensitive for VT ... #VT #VTach #SVT ... Versus #ecg #ekg #cardiology
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
Regular Rhythm SVT ... • Monomorphic VT ... Regular rhythm SVT ... • Polymorphic VT ... tachyarrhythmias #Cardiology
Brugada syndrome with non-sustained VT; sodium channel blocking drugs (e.g. amio, procainamide) can be dangerous here!

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non-sustained VT ... EKG #Clinical #Cardiology ... #NSVT
Lead aVR on EKG
Lead aVR can provide some unique insight into 5 different conditions:

 - Acute
Differentiating VT ... from SVT with aberrancy ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology