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ECG Blog #371 — Palpitations Since Childhood.

Ken Grauer, MD

M y I MPRESSION : The rhythm in Figure -1 is almost certain to be very rapid AFib in a patient with WPW. NOTE #2: Surprisingly, it is not uncommon for patients in AFib with WPW to be hemodynamically stable — despite having exceedingly rapid ventricular rates. The resultant rhythm after cardioversion is shown in Figure-2.

Blog 78
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ECG Blog #425 — Are there P Waves?

Ken Grauer, MD

P utting I t A ll T ogether: At this point in my assessment of today's rhythm — I fully acknowledge that I did not know for certain the etiology of this arrhythmia. PEARL # 2: The ECG may provide clues to the underlying severity of the ASD in a given patient — especially in the adult patient who is not overtly symptomatic.

Blog 120
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90 year old with acute chest and epigastric pain, and diffuse ST depression with reciprocal STE in aVR: activate the cath lab?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

With the history of Afib, CTA abdomen was ordered to r/o mesenteric ischemia vs ischemic colitis vs small bowel obstruction. Methods STEMI activations between January 2014 and April 2018 at the University of Arizona Medical Center were identified. See this case: what do you think the echocardiogram shows in this case?

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ACC/AHA Release Updated 2023 Guidelines for Atrial Fibrillation

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

These new guidelines provide necessary updates to both the 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and the 2019 AHA/ACC/HRS Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.