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Prevalence and clinical significance of arrhythmias during labour in women with structurally normal hearts

Open Heart

Objectives Examine the association between arrhythmias and adverse maternal outcomes in women with structurally normal hearts. Methods This was a case–control study of women admitted in labour to one of eight hospitals of Northwell Health from January 2015 to June 2021. Arrhythmia was previously diagnosed in 58.0%

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A young lady with wide complex tachycardia. My first time actually making this diagnosis de novo in real life in the ED!

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

She was awake, alert, well perfused, with normal mental status and overall unremarkable physical exam except for a regular tachycardia, possible rales at both bases, some mild RUQ abdominal tenderness. Thus, I believe it is a regular, monomorphic, wide complex tachycardia. Or it could simply still be classic VT. What is the Diagnosis?

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A teenager involved in a motor vehicle collision with abnormal ECG

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The ECG shows sinus tachycardia with RBBB and LAFB, without clear additional superimposed signs of ischemia. 2015, March 1). The Initial ECG in Today's Case: As per Dr. Meyers — the initial ECG in today's case shows sinus tachycardia with bifascicular block ( = RBBB/LAHB ). Sinus Tachycardia ( common in any trauma patient. ).

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A man in his 40s with acute chest pain. What do you think?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

It's a very "fun" ECG, with initial ectopic atrial tachycardia (negative P waves in inferior leads conducting 1:1 with the QRSs), followed by spontaneous resolution to sinus rhythm. What About the Tachycardia? Today's regular SVT rhythm could be an ectopic atrial tachycardia ( ATach ) — or an automatic junctional tachycardia.

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Syncope while on a treadmill

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This strip was obtained: Apparent Wide Complex Tachycardia at a rate of 280 What do you think? Troponins 34>33>43, likely secondary to myocardial injury from tachycardia. Sinus tachycardia does not go this fast. A 60-something ow healthy male had syncope while on treadmill. What do you want to do?

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Evaluation of patients with implantable cardioverter?defibrillator in a Latin American tertiary center

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Chagas disease (ChD) was associated with increased rates of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation in ICD patients only in the initial two periods, but there was no statistical difference in the last period. Time periods were chosen based on the establishment of the Arrhythmia Service in 2011.

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Diffuse Subendocardial Ischemia on the ECG. Left main? 3-vessel disease? No!

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

myocardial infarction), arrhythmias, valvular pathology, shunts, or outflow obstructions. 2015 Oct; 66(4):355-362. Hypotension may of course be a result of a brady- or tachydysrhythmia. 2) Hypoxia, including poisons of oxidative phosphorylation such as HS, CO, CN. Annals of Emergency Medicine. De Backer D et al. Folland ED, et al.