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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
Hyperkalemia on EKG
"Mild" Hyperkalemia
 • Peaked, narrow-based T Waves
 • Double counting of HR by EKG
narrow-based T Waves ... Sinoventricular rhythm ... rhythm Presence ... #EKG #ECG #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia (MAT) on EKG
 • Heart rate > 100 bpm (usually 100-150 bpm)
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Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia ... Irregularly irregular rhythm ... At-least 3 distinct P-wave ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #EKG #ECG #Electrocardiogram
Multifocal Atrial Rhythm vs Wandering Atrial Pacemaker
Mutifocal Atrial Rhythm / Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia:
Belong to a group
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia ... of a variable P-wave ... #tachycardia #Wandering ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram
Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 • Narrow
Narrow & regular rhythm ... Narrow & irregular rhythm ... • Treatment: Pacemaker ... Diagnosis #EKG #electrocardiogram ... #ecg #cardiology
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
3 different P waves ... arrest - escape rhythms ... - ventricular pacemaker ... EKG #diagnosis #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #differential
Ectopic atrial rhythm
 • The atrial rate is less than 100 bpm.
 • PR interval within
• P wave morphology ... • Inverted P waves ... ectopic atrial pacemaker ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram
Multifocal Atrial Arrhythmias on ECG
Multifocal atrial rhythm & Multifocal atrial tachycardia
ECG Recognition:
 • Variable P wave
Multifocal atrial rhythm ... Multifocal atrial tachycardia ... Multifocal #atrial #rhythm ... #tachycardia #cardiology ... diagnosis #ekg #electrocardiogram
Supraventricular Tachycardia EKG

Here’s a great ECG case of a 50-year-old lady who presented with palpitations

Her heart
Supraventricular Tachycardia ... distinguishing QRS from T wave ... This rhythm is all ... #EKG #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #Cardiology #EKG
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
is gradual and rhythmic ... Wandering Atrial Pacemaker ... several cycle the pacemaker ... Sinus #Arrhythmia #cardiology ... diagnosis #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram