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ECG Basics - Atrial Rhythms #Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG #Atrial #SVT #Comparison #Table #AFib #AFlutter #MAT #WAP
ECG Basics - Atrial ... Comparison #Table #AFib ... #AFlutter #MAT ... #WAP #WPW #SVT # ... ECGEducator
Atrial Fibrillation and WPW - Pre-Excitation AFib
In pre-excitation + a-fib with RVR:
 • All AV nodal
Atrial Fibrillation ... and WPW - Pre-Excitation ... AFib In pre-excitation ... defibrillator at ... #WPW #PreExcitation
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
abberancy - N B Afib ... + WPW - DANGER ... tachycardia (MAT ... 60 (1) Sinus bradycardia ... #Tachycardia #Bradycardia
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
SA node: Sinus bradycardia ... tachycardia • Atria ... Tachycardia (FAT ... 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
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
bpm) • Sinus Bradycardia ... • Premature atrial ... Monofocal Ectopic Atrial ... WPW) - Narrow ... interval) • AFib
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
fibrillation/flutter • Bradycardia ... dysfunction • Bradycardia-tachycardia ... associated with anxiety may ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss ... disease • Severe bradycardia
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
origin within the atria ... (e.g. ectopic atrial ... Waves/Fibrillary = afib ... • Saw-Tooth = Atrial ... hypokalaemia or bradycardia
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
(SAT) and Spontaneous ... SE: HoTN, bradycardia ... PRIS) - acidosis, bradycardia ... SE: HoTN. bradycardia ... drug, it causes amnesia