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Triquetral Fracture
The triquetrum is the second most commonly fractured carpal bone. Look for the "pooping duck
Triquetral Fracture ... The triquetrum ... Complications are ... Wrist #Carpal #Radiology ... #Orthopedics #Sports
WPW EKG after cardioversion of SVT

Here is the post-conversion ECG

The patient is now in Sinus Rhythm,
is strikingly short ... There are tall R ... V3, and there are ... WPW #EKG #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #Clinical #Cardiology
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

WPW is a congenital abnormality characterized by an abnormal accessory conduction pathway between the atria
a delta wave, short ... 120 msec) 3 Short ... WolffParkinsonWhite #WPW #Cardiology ... #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Clinical #Diagnosis
Osborn waves - positive deflections at the J point (negative in aVR and V1) with a
configuration - are ... abnormal electrocardiogram ... EmergencyMedicine #Cardiology ... #osbornwaves #Electrocardiogram ... #ECG #Clinical
Atrial Fibrillation and WPW - Pre-Excitation AFib
In pre-excitation + a-fib with RVR:
 • All AV nodal
blocking meds are ... at bedside • Cardiology ... PreExcitation #clinical ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology
Wellens' Syndrome on ECG

A 66-year-old man with hypertension and hyperlipidemia presents after an episode of severe
His vitals are T ... Syndrom #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Clinical #Cardiology
Wellens' Sign: LAD-T Wave Inversion 
Life threatening T wave inversions in precordial leads. Often V2-V3 
Specific
Specific for critical ... Serial EKGS in pts are ... Sign #EKG #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) - EKG Characteristics
Typical EKG findings may include:
 • Deep and narrow Q waves
precordial leads are ... HOCM #EKG #ecg #clinical ... #cardiology #electrocardiogram
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
ECGs Check - Age ... 500 DANGER - Short ... EKG #diagnosis #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #interpretation
Wellen’s waves are biphasic with a tight positive, then negative deflection and evolve to become symmetrically
Wellen’s waves are ... biphasic #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Clinical #Cardiology