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Brugada syndrome with non-sustained VT; sodium channel blocking drugs (e.g. amio, procainamide) can be dangerous here!

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Brugada syndrome ... non-sustained VT ... @amalmattu #Brugada ... #ECG #EKG #Clinical ... #Cardiology #NSVT
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Causes of Sudden ... Cardiac Arrest ... , Brugada syndrome ... Catecholaminergic polymorphic VT ... #Arrest #cardiology
It starts as sinus rhythm with probable inferior STEMI, but becomes ventricular fibrillation (or polymorphic ventricular
#Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #EKG #Arrest #VentricularTachycardia ... #VT
Wide Complex Tachycardia - ECG Definition and Causes
 • Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac
Tachycardia - ECG ... Definition and Causes ... Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac ... Ventricular Tachycardia (VT ... WCT #diagnosis #cardiology
Congenital Long QT Syndrome: Illness Script

Who?
 - Kids or young adults, usually < 30
 - high
misdiagnosed) - Sudden cardiac ... arrest/death ... to polymorphic VT ... **Get baseline EKG ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
Approach to ECGs ... 100 Wide (1) VT ... (2) Sick Sinus Syndrome ... (4) SA node arrest ... electrocardiogram #cardiology
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
• Migraine Cardiac ... Stenosis • Cardiac ... Tachyarrhythmia: • VT ... #Syncope #Cardiology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
exam • 12-lead ECG ... rhythms: PSVT or VT ... or VT • Terminates ... decreased brain flow (VT ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
The Death of MONA in ACS: Part IV – Aspirin provides protection against cardiovascular events (reinfarction,
(reinfarction, cardiac ... arrest, and stroke ... as reduce all cause ... mortality #EBM #EM ... #IM #Cardiology
WOBBLER  for ECG assessment in Syncope 
W - Wolff Parkinson White 
O - Obstructed AV
WOBBLER for ECG ... Bifascicular block B - Brugada ... associated with sudden cardiac ... #ECG #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology