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ECG Basics - Atrial Rhythms #Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG #Atrial #SVT #Comparison #Table #AFib #AFlutter #MAT #WAP
ECG Basics - Atrial ... #SVT #Comparison ... #Table #AFib #AFlutter ... #MAT #WAP #WPW ... #SVT #ECGEducator
Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome (WPW) is one of several disorders of the electrical system of the heart that
WPW is caused by ... pathway between the atria ... MedStudent #EKG #WPW ... WolffParkinsonWhite #DeltaWave ... ShortPR #Criteria #ECGEducator
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
• Premature atrial ... Monofocal Ectopic Atrial ... WPW) - Narrow ... interval) • AFib ... • Multifocal Atrial
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
w/ BBB (3) SVT ... abberancy - N B Afib ... + WPW - DANGER ... flutter (3) SVTs ... - atrial/junctional
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
tachycardia • Atria ... tachycardia (V-tach, VT ... ), Monomorphic VT ... , Polymorphic VT ... Fibrillation (V-Fib
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
branch block or WPW ... control with early Afib ... (< 5% pts with afibb ... right and left atria ... #Fibrillation #AFib
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
flutter, or atrial ... Arrhythmias: • SVT ... & termination: SVT ... vagal maneuvers: SVT-AVNRT ... /Vfib/Afib/WPW)
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
origin within the atria ... (e.g. ectopic atrial ... Waves/Fibrillary = afib ... progression ST ... between QRS and ST
Atrial fibrillation (AF or A-fib) is an abnormal heart rhythm characterized by rapid and irregular beating.
Atrial fibrillation ... (AF or A-fib) is ... supraventricular tachycardia (SVT ... AtrialFibrillation #ECGEducator