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Hyperkaelemia ECG Features - With mild to moderate hyperkalemia, there is reduction of the size of
Hyperkaelemia ECG ... Severe hyperkalemia ... to a sinusoidal shape ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #MedStudent #EKG
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Anatomical Differential ... node: Junctional escape ... Ventricles: Ventricular Escape ... Contractions (PVC ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Hypomagnesemia • Hypokalemia ... 300 = NSVT EKG ... may not occur Differential ... #differential # ... cardiology
Einthoven's triangle is an imaginary formation of three limb leads in a triangle used in electrocardiography,
The shape forms ... #EM #IM #Cardiology ... #MedStudent #EKG
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
SA node block - escaped ... node arrest - escape ... #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology ... #differential
Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (PVT) is a form of ventricular tachycardia in which there are multiple ventricular
Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia ... (PVT) is a form ... of ventricular tachycardia ... #Clinical #MedStudent ... #Cardiology #EKG
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... exam • 12-lead ECG ... palpitations: PVC ... #Palpitations #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis 
 • Cardiac disease: Myocardial ischemia / infarction, Myocarditis, Congenital disorders, Cardiomyopathies,
Bradycardia - Differential ... . hyperkalemia) ... Hospital of Baltimore IM ... #Bradycardia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Segment Elevation - Differential ... block; and sinus tachycardia ... Disorders: • Hyperkalemia ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram