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Almost any type of cardiac arrhythmia is seen in digitalis toxic­ity. However, type II second-degree atrioventricular
Almost any type of cardiac ... Non-paroxysmal atrial ... The various ECG ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #EKG #ECG #Digoxin
Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 • Narrow
P and QRS • Atrial ... rate > Ventricular ... summary #Diagnosis #EKG ... electrocardiogram #ecg ... #cardiology
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Tamponade Beck's Triad ... paradoxus - ECG ... collapse of RV - Treatment ... #Pericardial #Cardiac ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Treatment of Stable Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
Regular Rhythm:
 • Attempt vagal maneuvers
 • Give adenosine 6 milligrams IV
Treatment of Stable ... Control rate (e.g ... Control rate (e.g ... #management #cardiology ... #algorithm
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
manifestation of cardiac ... arrhythmia syndromes (e.g ... 300 = NSVT EKG ... capture of the atria ... more intensive treatment
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
, particularly ventricular ... trolley and 12-lead ECG ... CM5 continuous ECG ... Obtain a 12-lead ECG ... Consider invasive arterial
Mesenteric Ischemia - Differential Diagnostic Schema
Chronic: ASCVD, Venous, Vasculitides 5% (PAN, [E]GPA, IgA, MPA)
Acute
 - Venous
inflammation (e.g ... pancreatitis) - Arterial ... Thrombus / Embolism: Cardiac ... hypovolemia), Meds/Treatments ... Differential #Diagnosis #algorithm
Treatment of Stable Wide-Complex Tachycardia
Regular
 • If ventricular tachycardia or uncertain rhythm:
    -
Treatment of Stable ... Regular • If ventricular ... nodal agents (e.g ... #management #cardiology ... #algorithm
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
x-ray and and ECG ... long, the right ventricular ... root, and left atrium ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM

INCLUSION CRITERIA
Acute Myocardial Infarction
 Ischemic Symptoms
 EKG and/or biomarker evidence of AMI
SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM ... Ischemic Symptoms  EKG ... Obtain femoral arterial ... Fick calculated cardiac ... IF LVEDP >15 or Cardiac