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Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
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Brady Management ... Degree, Mobitz II HeartBlock ... P and QRS • Atrial ... Diagnosis #EKG #electrocardiogram ... #ecg #cardiology
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Narrow Complex Bradycardia:
 • Regular: Sinus Bradycardia, AFib w/ AV
: • Regular: Sinus ... , Atrial Tachy w ... Arrhythmia, Sinus ... epinephrine 4) Page Cardiology ... #cardiology #criticalcare
Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management

Regular SVT: Sinus Tachycardia, AVNRT, AVRT, Atrial Flutter,
Regular SVT: Sinus ... , AVNRT, AVRT, Atrial ... Fibrillation, MAT, Sinus ... AFIb w/ variable block ... #cardiology
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
tachycardia (2) Atrial ... (3) SVTs - atrial ... (3) Multifocal atrial ... EKG #diagnosis #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #differential
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
4 Variants of Sinus ... presence of AV block ... Wandering Atrial ... #Arrhythmia #cardiology ... diagnosis #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
4 Variants of Sinus ... presence of AV block ... Wandering Atrial ... #Arrhythmia #cardiology ... diagnosis #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram
Atrioventricular (AV) Blocks

First Degree AV Block - "If your R is far from your P than
First Degree AV Block ... independently of the atria ... Blocks #heart #heartblock ... #cardiology #ecg ... ekg #diagnosis #electrocardiogram
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... bundle branch block ... benefit of restoring sinus ... AFib #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
from placenta): block ... • Nonspecific: sinus ... tachycardia on the electrocardiogram ... recognition and management ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology