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Flecainide Toxicity on ECG

70 year old patient with chronic atrial fibrillation on an antiarrhythmic presented with
patient with chronic atrial ... presented with nausea ... and hypotension ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Cardiology #Clinical
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Stroke Volume / Arterial ... of developing atrial ... mmHg developed atrial ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... #cardiology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Hypertension - ... selective renal intra-arterial ... • Cushing’s syndrome ... #Secondary #Hypertension ... #Screening #Workup
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
tachycardia (2) Atrial ... (3) SVTs - atrial ... (3) Multifocal atrial ... (2) Sick Sinus Syndrome ... #EKG #diagnosis
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
syndrome, ARVC) ... • Hypertension, ... 300 = NSVT EKG ... arrhythmia • Atrial ... #differential #cardiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Algorithm Cardiac Causes ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... Primary Pulmonary Arterial ... Hypertension ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Intraoperative Sepsis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Severe sepsis (hypotension persisting after initial fluid challenge of
Severe sepsis (hypotension ... likely underlying cause ... Insert central and arterial ... to achieve mean arterial ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Causes of Severe ... Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome ... Degenerative: Systemic Arterial ... Hypertension, Age-Related ... #cardiology
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM

INCLUSION CRITERIA
Acute Myocardial Infarction
 Ischemic Symptoms
 EKG and/or biomarker evidence of AMI
Ischemic Symptoms  EKG ... Cardiogenic Shock  Hypotension ... Obtain femoral arterial ... Angiography & PCI ... Initiative #Management #Cardiology
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Guidelines for Crises ... abnormalities (hypo- or hypertension ... Consider invasive arterial ... consultation with cardiology ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup