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Approach to ECGs - VT vs. SVT - Wide Tachycardias
DDx = VT vs. SVT with BBB
All
- VT vs. ... DDx = VT vs. ... sensitive for VT ... #VT #VTach #SVT ... #Comparison #VentricularTachycardia
Brugada syndrome with non-sustained VT; sodium channel blocking drugs (e.g. amio, procainamide) can be dangerous here!

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Brugada syndrome ... non-sustained VT ... Electrocardiogram #ECG ... #EKG #Clinical ... #Cardiology #NSVT
It starts as sinus rhythm with probable inferior STEMI, but becomes ventricular fibrillation (or polymorphic ventricular
#Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #EKG #Arrest #VentricularTachycardia ... #VT
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
or VT • Rapid ... Arrhythmias: • SVT ... or VT • Terminates ... vagal maneuvers: SVT-AVNRT ... decreased brain flow (VT
Left Main Coronary Artery Thrombus seen on Angiography

“Mother of all coronary thrombi”.  55 year old
Cardiogenic shock, ECG ... taken for Primary PCI ... in shock with VT ... Angiogram #CathLab #clinical ... #cardiology #fluoroscopy
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Build clinical suspicion ... myocarditis Clinical ... Pericarditis, Tamponade EKG ... block, Aberrancy, VT ... Low voltage Treatment
Recurrent Polymorphic VT/Torsades de Pointes - Management Algorithm
Drugs that prolong QT interval:
 • Class 1a (quinidine,
Recurrent Polymorphic VT ... Congenital long QT Syndrome ... Hypocalcemia (rarely) Treatment ... • Adult: 0.5-5 mcg ... Polymorphic #VTach #VentricularTachycardia
Congenital Long QT Syndrome: Illness Script

Who?
 - Kids or young adults, usually < 30
 - high
Congenital Long QT Syndrome ... to polymorphic VT ... **Get baseline EKG ... family history) Treatment ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Ventricular tachycardia (V-tach or VT) is a type of regular and fast heart rate that arises
tachycardia (V-tach or VT ... #Clinical #MedStudent ... #Cardiology #EKG ... #VTach #VentricularTachycardia