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Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
(2) Atrial ... tachycardia (MAT ... 3 different P waves ... arrest - escape rhythms ... #EKG #diagnosis
Multifocal Atrial Arrhythmias on ECG
Multifocal atrial rhythm & Multifocal atrial tachycardia
ECG Recognition:
 • Variable P wave
Arrhythmias on ... atrial rhythm & ... tachycardia ECG ... #atrial #rhythm ... electrocardiogram #clinical #comparison
Almost any type of cardiac arrhythmia is seen in digitalis toxic­ity. However, type II second-degree atrioventricular
Almost any type of cardiac ... arrhythmia is seen ... The arrhythmias ... AV junctional rhythm ... tachycardia with
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 ... and irregular rhythms ... associated with anxiety may ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss
Multifocal Atrial Rhythm vs Wandering Atrial Pacemaker
Mutifocal Atrial Rhythm / Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia:
Belong to a group
Atrial Tachycardia ... Arrhythmia (MAA ... #Rhythm #tachycardia ... diagnosis #cardiology #ekg ... #comparison
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Cardiac: • Valvular ... Common Sustained Arrhythmia ... • Absence of P waves ... Irregular wide-complex tachycardia ... #diagnosis #management
EKG in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
The sensitivity and specificity for EKG findings in acute PE are low.
EKG
other causes of cardio-pulmonary ... Drive: • Sinus Tachycardia ... Arrhythmia* (e.g ... ., A-Fib also a ... • Dominant R Wave
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
is gradual and rhythmic ... intervals vary at ... Wandering Atrial ... cardiology #diagnosis #ekg ... variants #clinical #comparison
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 ... intervals vary at ... Wandering Atrial ... cardiology #diagnosis #ekg ... variants #clinical #comparison