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Morphological Criteria for Discriminating Ventricular Tachycardia from Supraventricular Tachycardia with Aberration

Source Article: Wide Complex Tachycardia –
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc ... #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #VTach #SVT #Differences ... #Comparison #Brugada ... #Algorithm
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
EKG Findings ... Differential Diagnosis ... more intensive treatment ... #PVC #diagnosis ... #differential #cardiology
Vereckie Algorithm - Lead aVR - Ventricular Tachycardia - Telemetry Diagnosis
WCT is VT IF:
 • Initial
Vereckie Algorithm ... - Lead aVR - Ventricular ... WCT is VT IF: ... #Vereckie #Algorithm ... #cardiology #ekg
Approach to ECGs - VT vs. SVT - Wide Tachycardias
DDx = VT vs. SVT with BBB
All
SVT with BBB All ... - a sinus and ventricular ... #Comparison #VentricularTachycardia ... #Versus #ecg #ekg ... #cardiology #diagnosis
VT versus SVT with Aberration - Interpretation Cheat Sheet

Features favouring VT
● Absence of typical RBBB or
VT versus SVT with ... sinus beat and a ventricular ... Brugada algorithm ... Aberration #Aberrancy #Comparison ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Treatment of Stable Wide-Complex Tachycardia
Regular
 • If ventricular tachycardia or uncertain rhythm:
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Treatment of Stable ... Regular • If ventricular ... cardioversion • If known SVT ... nodal agents (e.g ... #algorithm
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... supraventricular or ventricular ... tachycardia • Ventricular ... palpitations: PVC ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
decompression SVC ... interventional radiology ... → no immediate treatment ... bispecifics, or HSCT ... Oncology #HemeOnc #Diagnosis
Essential Thrombocythemia (ET)
ET is a chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm. Most cases are related to mutations that affect
MI, stroke, DVT/ ... Splenomegaly Diagnosis ... A conclusive diagnosis ... PV, MDS, CML) Treatment ... • Treatment algorithms