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ECG Basics - Atrial Rhythms #Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG #Atrial #SVT #Comparison #Table #AFib #AFlutter #MAT #WAP
Comparison #Table #AFib ... #AFlutter #MAT ... #WAP #WPW #SVT # ... ECGEducator
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Diagnosis for Arrhythmias ... SA node: Sinus bradycardia ... tachycardia • Atria ... Atrial Tachycardia (MAT ... Fibrillation (V-Fib
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 ... bundle of Kent) may ... MedStudent #EKG #WPW ... ShortPR #Criteria #ECGEducator
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
abberancy - N B Afib ... + WPW - DANGER ... atrial tachycardia (MAT ... 60 (1) Sinus bradycardia ... #Tachycardia #Bradycardia
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
Arrhythmias - Differential ... bpm) • Sinus Bradycardia ... WPW) - Narrow ... interval) • AFib ... aberrancy #Arrhythmias
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
fibrillation/flutter • Bradycardia ... dysfunction • Bradycardia-tachycardia ... associated with anxiety may ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss ... disease • Severe bradycardia
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Common Sustained Arrhythmia ... branch block or WPW ... control with early Afib ... (< 5% pts with afibb ... right and left atria