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Supraventricular Tachycardia EKG

Here’s a great ECG case of a 50-year-old lady who presented with palpitations

Her heart
case of a 50-year-old ... palpitations Her heart ... @EM_RESUS #AVRT ... #Cardiology #EKG ... #Clinical
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
exam • 12-lead ECG ... & termination: SVT ... vagal maneuvers: SVT-AVNRT ... or AVRT • Standing ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
EKG of the same ... to diagnose the case ... that’s called “clinical ... #PhysicalExam #JVP ... #Cardiology #Neck
Myocardial infarction localization. A 12 lead EKG creates a 360 degree view of the electrical activity
A 12 lead EKG creates ... as you can see aVR ... contiguous lead (aVR ... EinthovenTriangle #Cardiac ... EmergencyMedicine #Cardiology
Digoxin effect on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside from the foxglove leaf
Mechanism
 - Inhibits Na-K
Digoxin is a cardiac ... nodal conduction Uses ... rate control) - Heart ... : - Scooping ST ... #Cardiology #Digitalis
Kussmaul's #sign is the paradoxical increase or failure to fall of mean #JVP with inspiration. Commonest
fall of mean #JVP ... , severe right heart ... failure, right sided cardiac ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #cardiology
EKG in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
The sensitivity and specificity for EKG findings in acute PE are low.
EKG
evaluating for other causes ... of cardio-pulmonary ... • Non-specific ST-T ... Changes • STE in aVR ... AcutePE #diagnosis #cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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inability of the right heart ... and other rarer causes ... of right-sided HF ... #physicalexam #clinical ... #video #jvp #cardiology
Cannon A Waves on Neck Examination

Cannon a waves! Notice that it occurs randomly, not predictably w/
predictably w/ the cardiac ... dual-chamber PPM set ... #PhysicalExam #JVP ... #Clinical #Video ... #Cardiology
Yamaguchi cardiomyopathy on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
That time when a doctor tells you that you're "having a heart
you're "having a heart ... unwell when in SVT ... Cardiac MR shows ... #hypertrophic #clinical ... #cardiology