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Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis and Management - Narrow vs Wide, Regular vs Irregular
Narrow - Regular:
Use P
Tachycardia - Differential ... waves, is MAT ... • Hyperkalemia ... SarahFoohey #Tachycardia ... Diagnosis #Management #cardiology
Comparison of Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia, Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia - Atrial Rate >
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia ... Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia ... AtrialTachycardia #AFib #AFlutter ... Comparison #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Electrocardiogram
Narrow Complex Tachycardias (Simplified)

Irregular Narrow Complex Tachycardia:
 1. Atrial fibrillation
	- Usually the correct answer
 2. Multifocal
Narrow Complex Tachycardias ... (MAT) ≥ 3 different ... P wave morphologies ... Atrial flutter ... diagnosis #causes #cardiology
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
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia (MAT) on EKG
 • Heart rate > 100 bpm (usually 100-150 bpm)
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Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia ... (MAT) on EKG ... 3 distinct P-wave ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #EKG #ECG #Electrocardiogram
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
(1) Sinus tachycardia ... (MAT) - 3 ... different P waves ... EKG #diagnosis #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #differential
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Table - Wide vs Narrow, Regular vs Irregular

Regular Rhythm - Narrow Complex
(AVNRT, OAVRT, AFIutter ... ) • P-waves. ... : • AFib > AFIutter ... variable block >> MAT ... Irregular #causes #cardiology
Atrial Flutter on EKG
 • Regularly-occurring atrial activity
 • ≥ 240 atrial depolarizations (i.e. flutter waves)
waves) / min ... isoelectric baseline in at ... #aflutter #ecg ... #ekg #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #clinical
Counterclockwise and (Left) vs Clockwise (Right) Flutter
Typical atrial flutter is counterclockwise in direction and originates from
waves in the inferior ... At times, the direction ... left atrium or areas ... waves. ... Diagnosis #ECG #EKG #Cardiology
A Lewis Lead (also called the S5 lead) is a modified ECG lead used to detect
waves when atrial ... In order to create ... perpendicular to the wave ... waves may be more ... #Cardiology #EKG