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Comparison between Wandering atrial pacemaker (A) vs multifocal atrial arrhythmia (B)

#WAP #MAR #wandering #atrial #pacemaker #comparison
Comparison between ... arrhythmia (B) ... #WAP #MAR #wandering ... #rhythm #cardiology ... #clinical
Multifocal Atrial Arrhythmias on ECG
Multifocal atrial rhythm & Multifocal atrial tachycardia
ECG Recognition:
 • Variable P wave
atrial rhythm & ... in contrast to WAP ... cardiology #diagnosis #ekg ... electrocardiogram #clinical ... #comparison #Arrhythmias
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
is gradual and rhythmic ... Wandering Atrial ... cardiology #diagnosis #ekg ... #variants #clinical ... #comparison
A wandering atrial pacemaker, (WAP), is an atrial arrhythmia that occurs when the natural cardiac pacemaker
pacemaker, (WAP ... arrhythmia that ... when the natural cardiac ... #Clinical #MedStudent ... #EKG #WAP #WanderingAtrialPacemaker
Cardiac Event Monitoring Devices - Compared
Ambulatory ECG (Hotter):
 • Advantages: Continuous recording, records asx events, all
• Advantages: Longer ... Correlation of rhythm ... detect various arrhythmias ... Monitoring #Devices #Comparison ... #cardiology #management
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
is gradual and rhythmic ... Wandering Atrial ... cardiology #diagnosis #ekg ... #variants #clinical ... #comparison
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
in the chest or neck ... Heart Rate and Rhythm ... Have the patient tap ... Rapid and regular rhythms ... and irregular rhythms
Multifocal Atrial Rhythm vs Wandering Atrial Pacemaker
Mutifocal Atrial Rhythm / Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia:
Belong to a group
Arrhythmia (MAA ... of a variable P-wave ... VARIANT OF SINUS ARRHYTHMIA ... Wandering #Pacemaker #wap ... #comparison
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
overload, irregular rhythm ... Obtain EKG if: ... CV disease - Arrhythmia ... Change in clinical ... medical and surgical management