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Hyperkalemia shortens repolarization; changes in the T wave provide the earliest clues to hyperpotassemia.
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changes in the T wave ... provide the earliest clues ... repolarization causes ... in conduction causes ... #Diagnosis #Hyperkalemia
Cannon A Waves
 • Caused by atrial contracting against a closed tricuspid valve
 • Atrioventricular dissociation
Cannon A Waves ... • Caused by atrial ... • The cannon a wave ... 2LmUODZ #Cannon #AWaves ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Causes of ST Segment ... - Differential Diagnosis ... replaced by T wave ... voltage Other Causes ... #differential #diagnosis
Deep T Wave Inversions - Differential
Normal variants 
  A. Juvenile T wave pattern
Deep T Wave Inversions ... Juvenile T wave ... Secondary T wave ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Cardiology
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
Giant A waves caused ... following the wave ... that the giant A waves ... causing the A waves ... the underlying diagnosis
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
caused by RA contraction ... block) - ‘c’ wave ... (TV cusps bulge ... systole): c-v wave ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
ST depression & T wave inversion causes #Pathophys #Diagnosis #Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG #Differential #TWI #STD #TWaveInversion
depression & T wave ... inversion causes ... #Pathophys #Diagnosis
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Table - Wide vs Narrow, Regular vs Irregular

Regular Rhythm - Narrow Complex
- Differential Diagnosis ... AFIutter) • P-waves ... whether AF is cause ... Tx: Underlying cause ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Normal hepatic vein Doppler Ultrasound tracing
1) a large antegrade waveform (negative velocity) noted during early and
mid-systole (S wave ... in RA pressure caused ... This wave results ... This wave is caused ... Ultrasound #tracing #diagnosis
WOBBLER  for ECG assessment in Syncope 
W - Wolff Parkinson White 
O - Obstructed AV
) E - Epsilon wave ... through to T wave ... syncope, can be caused ... characteristically cause ... Syncope #EKG #ECG #Diagnosis