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ECG Basics - Atrial Rhythms #Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG #Atrial #SVT #Comparison #Table #AFib #AFlutter #MAT #WAP
ECG Basics - Atrial ... Rhythms #Cardiology ... #Table #AFib #AFlutter ... #MAT #WAP #WPW ... #SVT #ECGEducator
Right Sided ECG Lead Placement #EM #IM #Cardiology #EKG #Lead #Placement #RightSided #LeadPlacement #ECGEducator
Right Sided ECG ... Lead Placement # ... EM #IM #Cardiology ... #EKG #Lead #Placement ... LeadPlacement #ECGEducator
A Lewis Lead (also called the S5 lead) is a modified ECG lead used to detect
is a modified ECG ... ECG. ... I on the ECG and ... #Cardiology #EKG ... #Flutter #ECGEducator
WPW EKG after cardioversion of SVT

Here is the post-conversion ECG

The patient is now in Sinus Rhythm,
WPW EKG after cardioversion ... is strikingly short ... waves in multiple leads ... This is WPW! ... #Clinical #Cardiology
Typical ECG changes in acute pericarditis includes: stage 1 - diffuse, positive, ST elevations with reciprocal
of PR in other leads ... left heart V5, V6 leads ... inverted #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #Cardiology ... #Spodick #ECGEducator
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
Approach to ECGs ... V1/V2 rsr', lat leads ... V6 rs, qs; lat leads ... 500 DANGER - Short ... electrocardiogram #cardiology
Digoxin effect on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside from the foxglove leaf
Mechanism
 - Inhibits Na-K
from the foxglove leaf ... Digoxin effect on ECG ... biphasic T waves - Short ... #Cardiology #Digitalis ... #ECG
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
Approach to ECGs ... abberancy - N B Afib + WPW ... different P waves in lead ... bradyarrhythmia #ECG ... electrocardiogram #cardiology
Approach to ECGs - Syncope Syndromes
Electrolytes
 • ↑K - brady, peak T, wide QRS, no P,
Approach to ECGs ... + negative T WPW ... dagger Q lat>inf leads ... Syncope #Syndromes #ECG ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Einthoven's triangle is an imaginary formation of three limb leads in a triangle used in electrocardiography,
of three limb leads ... #EM #IM #Cardiology ... #MedStudent #EKG ... Einthoven #Triangle #ECGEducator