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Hyperkalemia after Missed Hemodialysis - Initial electrocardiogram showed peaked T waves and a prolonged QT segment
Hyperkalemia after ... Hemodialysis - Initial electrocardiogram ... showed peaked T waves ... A) #Clinical #Cardiology ... #PeakedT #NEJM
Typical (Counterclockwise) and Reverse Typical (Clockwise) Atrial Flutter on EKG
Typical (Counterclockwise) Atrial Flutter
 • Inferior leads:
(Clockwise) Atrial ... Counterclockwise) Atrial ... (Clockwise) Atrial ... aflutter #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #clinical
Counterclockwise and (Left) vs Clockwise (Right) Flutter
Typical atrial flutter is counterclockwise in direction and originates from
Right) Flutter Typical ... Atypical atrial ... or areas in the ... to the flutter waves ... Diagnosis #ECG #EKG #Cardiology
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
interval < 120 ms = AV ... (e.g. ectopic atrial ... • Saw-Tooth = Atrial ... Interpretation #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Digoxin effect on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside from the foxglove leaf
Mechanism
 - Inhibits Na-K
Digoxin effect on Electrocardiogram ... - Decreases AV ... fibrillation and atrial ... or biphasic T waves ... #EKG #Cardiology
Isthmus Independent Atrial Flutter
 • Rapid atrial activity without typical inferior sawtooth waves suggests CTI-independent flutter
activity without typical ... inferior sawtooth waves ... • Negative F waves ... aflutter #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #clinical
Ectopic atrial rhythm
 • The atrial rate is less than 100 bpm.
 • PR interval within
• Inverted P waves ... maybe mistaken as AV ... Customary to call AV ... #rhythm #cardiology ... diagnosis #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram
Visual Guide to AV Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT) - Pathophysiology
 - Dual AV nodal physiology is
- Premature atrial ... usually trigger the typical ... pathway back up to atrium ... depolarizes the atria ... Pathophysiology #cardiology
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
(3) SVTs - atrial ... (3) Multifocal atrial ... 3 different P waves ... EKG #diagnosis #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #differential
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 ... independently of the atria ... heart #heartblock #cardiology ... ekg #diagnosis #electrocardiogram