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Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
- escaped beats ... node arrest - escape ... bradyarrhythmia #ECG #EKG #diagnosis ... #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #differential
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Junctional Escape ... • Ventricular Escape ... WPW) - Narrow ... tachyarrhythmias #Cardiology
Classic Digoxin-Associated Arrhythmias
 • Atrial fibrillation with an unusually slow ventricular response
 • Atrial Fibrillation with
and Accelerated Escape ... Rhythm • Atrial Tachycardia ... #Arrhythmias #diagnosis ... #cardiology #ecg ... #ekg #electrocardiogram
Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 • Narrow
node: Junctional escape ... level: Ventricular escape ... degrees #summary #Diagnosis ... #EKG #electrocardiogram ... #ecg #cardiology
66 yo with syncope - Ventricular Tachycardia

This ECG shows a wide-complex tachycardia in a right bundle
bundle branch block ... establish the diagnosis ... VentricularTachycardia #Clinical ... #Cardiology #ECG ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram
Atrioventricular Blocks (AV blocks) - ECG Diagnosis Summary
First Degree AV Block
 • The P wave is
blocks) - ECG Diagnosis ... • This is a clinically ... #cardiology #ekg ... #ecg #diagnosis ... #electrocardiogram
Paroxysmal AV Block on ECG
 - Characterized by an abrupt and persistent AV block in the
terminated by an escape ... #Paroxysmal #AVBlock ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram ... #clinical
Hyperkalemia on EKG
"Mild" Hyperkalemia
 • Peaked, narrow-based T Waves
 • Double counting of HR by EKG
Hyperkalemia • Peaked, narrow-based ... of conduction block ... Hyperkalemia #EKG #ECG #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #clinical
High-grade AV Block aka Advanced AV Block
 • During sinus rhythm, when 2 or more P
may be wide or narrow ... • This is a clinically ... #Highgrade #AVBlock ... #Advanced #diagnosis ... #cardiology #ecg
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... mottled extremities, narrow ... → no signs of CXR ... Other: Electrocardiogram ... #management #cardiology