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Morphological Criteria for Discriminating Ventricular Tachycardia from Supraventricular Tachycardia with Aberration

Source Article: Wide Complex Tachycardia –
Morphological Criteria ... Distinguishing #Criteria ... #Cardiology #ECG ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #VTach #SVT #Differences
Lead aVR on EKG
Lead aVR can provide some unique insight into 5 different conditions:

 - Acute
narrow complex tachycardias ... from SVT with aberrancy ... using the Vereckei criteria ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #AVR #Utility #ALiEM
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Table - Wide vs Narrow, Regular vs Irregular

Regular Rhythm - Narrow Complex
> SVT+conduction ... Don't rely on criteria ... whether AF is cause ... Tx: Underlying cause ... #cardiology
Wide Complex Tachycardia - ECG Definition and Causes
 • Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac
Definition and Causes ... (SVT) - with ... Ventricular pacing • Electrocardiogram ... WCT #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
tachycardia (SVT ... • Vereckei criteria ... than Brugada criteria ... #leadAVR #ecg #electrocardiogram ... #differential #cardiology
Supraventricular Tachycardia EKG

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

Her heart
Supraventricular Tachycardia ... ’s a great ECG case ... consistent with SVT ... #EKG #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #Cardiology #EKG
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
w/ BBB (3) SVT ... flutter (3) SVTs ... 200ms from longer pause ... EKG #diagnosis #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #differential
EKG in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
The sensitivity and specificity for EKG findings in acute PE are low.
EKG
evaluating for other causes ... Drive: • Sinus Tachycardia ... • Non-specific ST-T ... AcutePE #diagnosis #cardiology ... #electrocardiogram
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Causes of ST Segment ... block; and sinus tachycardia ... voltage Other Causes ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram
The modified Sgarbossa Rule uses proportions to identify acute AMI in the setting of ST-elevations in
Sgarbossa Rule uses ... the setting of ST-elevations ... Diagnosis #EM #Cardiology ... Modified #Sgarbossa #Criteria ... #ALiEM