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Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
w/ BBB (3) SVT ... flutter (3) SVTs ... 3 different P waves ... #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology #differential
Cannon A Waves on Neck Examination

Cannon a waves! Notice that it occurs randomly, not predictably w/
Cannon A Waves on ... dissociation: 3rd deg AV block ... for DDI and an atrial ... tachycardia much ... VivekKulkarniMD #CannonA #AWaves
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
(e.g. ectopic atrial ... Type I - PR ↑ incrementally ... Type II - Suddenly ... progression ST ... @AmyChung #EKG
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
Subepicardial atrial ... overdose: Prominent R wave ... prominent terminal R wave ... tachycardia (SVT ... #differential #
Multifocal Atrial Arrhythmias on ECG
Multifocal atrial rhythm & Multifocal atrial tachycardia
ECG Recognition:
 • Variable P wave
tachycardia ECG ... • Variable P wave ... • Some P waves ... are blocked or ... electrocardiogram #clinical #comparison
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis and Management - Narrow vs Wide, Regular vs Irregular
Narrow - Regular:
Use P
Tachycardia - Differential ... Regular: Use P waves ... • Atrial Flutter ... Irregular: Use P waves ... not Flutter P waves
Atrioventricular (AV) Blocks

First Degree AV Block - "If your R is far from your P than
200 msec) • P wave ... intervals until a P wave ... completely absent, P waves ... independently of the atria ... and the rate is set
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Elevation - Differential ... Bundle Branch Block ... bundle-branch block ... ; and sinus tachycardia ... #ekg #electrocardiogram
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... in the chest or neck ... variable block ... atrioventricular block ... Palpitations #Cardiology #Differential
Visual Guide to AV Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT) - Pathophysiology
 - Dual AV nodal physiology is
pathway which blocks ... In most case P wave ... as 'pseudo-s' wave ... and 'pseudo-r' wave ... Pathophysiology #cardiology #SVT