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Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
Approach to ECGs ... Distal AV block - ventricular ... bradyarrhythmia #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis ... , 3° and Type 1 ... Fibrillation (V-Fib ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #cardiology
Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal 4 Chamber

50's male witnessed arrest. Unknown hx. AED no
Ventricular Fibrillation ... SC from first break ... Diagnosis? ... getting 12 lead ECG ... #S4C #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
velocity of 9.5 cm/sec ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... (D) a leftward ventricular ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... pocus #clinical #cardiology
Wide Complex Tachycardia - ECG Definition and Causes
 • Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac
QRS width ≥ 0.12 sec ... pathway conduction (~1- ... Tachycardia #WCT #diagnosis ... #cardiology #ekg ... #ecg #electrocardiogram
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
(e.g. ectopic atrial ... • Saw-Tooth ... ST Segment: • Septal ... Interpretation #ECG ... #diagnosis #system
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Hypokalemia • Bundle ... classified as: • Low: <1 ... Intermediate burden: >1 ... capture of the atria ... arrhythmia • Atrial
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
thromboembolism) 1) ... size, Right atrial ... septum 2) DIAGNOSE ... guanylate cyclase (sGC ... directly stimualtes sGC
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Effect in Right Atrium ... 1. ... #cardiology #clinical ... echocardiogram #s4c ... #pocus #bubble
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
wide-complex tachycardia: bundle ... disease, left ventricular ... Cardioversion 1. ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology