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Typical (Counterclockwise) and Reverse Typical (Clockwise) Atrial Flutter on EKG
Typical (Counterclockwise) Atrial Flutter
 • Inferior leads:
Typical (Clockwise) Atrial ... Flutter on EKG ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram ... cardiology #clinical #diagnosis ... #comparison
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis and Management - Narrow vs Wide, Regular vs Irregular
Narrow - Regular:
Use P
Tachycardia - Differential ... Diagnosis and Management ... /AVNRT. ... • Atrial Flutter ... • MAT. 3 types
Counterclockwise and (Left) vs Clockwise (Right) Flutter
Typical atrial flutter is counterclockwise in direction and originates from
appearance on ECG ... waves. ... #Diagnosis #ECG ... #EKG #Cardiology ... #Flutter #Types
Narrow Complex Tachycardias (Simplified)

Irregular Narrow Complex Tachycardia:
 1. Atrial fibrillation
	- Usually the correct answer
 2. Multifocal
3 different P wave ... Atrial flutter ... retrograde) - AVNRT ... #Tachycardias #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Anatomical Differential ... Diagnosis for Arrhythmias ... blocks (1°, 3° and Type ... Flutter (AFL), ... re-entrant tachycardia (AVNRT
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
the atria and ventricles ... EKG of the same ... are enough to diagnose ... excludes other differentials ... JVP #Cardiology #Neck
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
(4) Vfib/flutter ... flutter (3) ... 3 different P waves ... #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology #differential
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
(e.g. ectopic atrial ... Flutter PR Interval ... • 2° Block Type ... • 2° Block Type ... Electrocardiogram #cardiology #diagnosis
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
Subepicardial atrial ... diagnosis includes ... tachycardia ddx: AVNRT ... , AVRT, atrial tachycardia ... #ekg #differential
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... in the chest or neck ... flutter, or atrial ... fibrillation/flutter ... bending over: AVNRT