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Tachyarrhythmia Framework - Differential Diagnosis
 • Narrow QRS - Regular Rhythm: Sinus tachycardia, AVNRT, Orthodromic AVRT,
Diagnosis • Narrow ... AVRT, Atrial Tachycardia ... flutter w/ variable AV ... block, Antidromic AVRT ... with variable AV
Supraventricular Tachycardias - Pathophysiology
Conduction pathways through SA Node, Atrium, AV Node, Bundle of His, and Ventricle
Node, Atrium, AV ... Fibrillation • AV ... • AV Reentry ... #SVT #diagnosis ... conduction #pathways #avnrt
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Narrow-Complex:
 • Regular: Sinus Tachycardia, Junctional Tachycardia, Atrial Tachycardia, Atrial Flutter, AVRT
Tachycardia - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Atrial Flutter, AVRT ... , Antidromic AVRT ... #wide #narrow #
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
Lead AVR on ECG ... ddx: AVNRT, AVRT ... tachycardia (SVT ... ) in wide cornplex ... #ekg #differential
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
Diagnosis Algorithm ... • SA Block • AV ... • AVRT (ie ... with Variable AV ... #causes
Lead aVR on EKG
Lead aVR can provide some unique insight into 5 different conditions:

 - Acute
Lead aVR on EKG ... TCA-like overdose - AVRT ... in wide complex ... Brugada criteria) #Diagnosis ... #ECG #Lead #AVR
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Syndrome (SSS) • AV ... : AV re-entrant ... tachycardia (AVRT ... tachycardia (AVNRT ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Table - Wide vs Narrow, Regular vs Irregular

Regular Rhythm - Narrow Complex
Tachycardia - Differential ... Diagnosis Table ... (AVNRT, OAVRT, AFIutter ... abnormality • Beware AV ... #Differential #
Causes of Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Narrow Complex - Regular:
 • Sinus tachycardia
 • Atrial flutter
Causes of Tachycardia ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Atrial flutter • AV ... • AV reentrant
Narrow Complex Tachycardias (Simplified)

Irregular Narrow Complex Tachycardia:
 1. Atrial fibrillation
	- Usually the correct answer
 2. Multifocal
"PSVT" (atrioventricular ... retrograde) - AVNRT ... , AVRT, Junctional ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes