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Treatment of Stable Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
Regular Rhythm:
 • Attempt vagal maneuvers
 • Give adenosine 6 milligrams IV
Treatment of Stable ... or AVRT - Observe ... Control rate with AV ... #Tachycardia #Treatment ... #management #cardiology
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
• SA Block • AV ... • AVRT (ie ... with Variable AV ... tachyarrhythmias #Cardiology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Table - Wide vs Narrow, Regular vs Irregular

Regular Rhythm - Narrow Complex
Diagnosis Table ... • ST vs SVT (AVNRT ... abnormality • Beware AV ... Irregular #causes ... #cardiology
Supraventricular Tachycardia EKG

Here’s a great ECG case of a 50-year-old lady who presented with palpitations

Her heart
Supraventricular Tachycardia ... great ECG case of ... @EM_RESUS #AVRT ... #Cardiology #EKG ... #Clinical
Visual Guide to AV Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT) - Pathophysiology
 - Dual AV nodal physiology is
Visual Guide to AV ... - Dual AV nodal ... stays inside the AV ... ECG usually shows ... Visualmedapp #AV
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
rhythms (5) AV ... QRS - Proximal AV ... block (lower AV ... QRS - Distal AV ... electrocardiogram #cardiology
Treatment of Stable Wide-Complex Tachycardia
Regular
 • If ventricular tachycardia or uncertain rhythm:
    -
Treatment of Stable ... Wide-Complex Tachycardia ... WPW) - Avoid AV ... nodal agents (e.g ... #cardiology #algorithm
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification
Reflex Syncope 
 - Vasovagal syncope
   • Prolonged standing
AV block ... • Ventricular tachycardia ... - Medication side ... Classification #Table ... #Causes
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
exam • 12-lead ECG ... maneuvers: SVT-AVNRT ... or AVRT • Standing ... Red Flag Symptoms ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
orthopnea/PND, wide ... = high-output state ... Workup for cause ... (beriberi) and AV ... Fingernails #Nailbed #Cardiology