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Regular Wide Complex Tachycarida with poor LV function and hypotension. Duration unknown. How to manage?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A fully upright P-wave is typical atrial activity of atrial flutter as seen in V1. See these example cases of upright P-waves: Case Continued Thus, I was all but certain that this was atrial flutter. IV Digoxin may begin to slow the ventricular response of AFib or AFlutter sooner than many clinicians realize.

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Syncope while on a treadmill

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

To me, it was clearly atrial flutter with 1:1 conduction. The rate of 280 is just right for atrial flutter. The waves look like atrial flutter waves, NOT like a wide ventricular complex. Reverted to atrial fibrillation with RVR while in the hospital 3 times and needed cardioversion.

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A fascinating electrophysiology case. What is this wide complex tachycardia, and how best to manage it?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The ECG was interpreted as showing atrial flutter with 2:1 conduction. The heart rate could be compatible with that of a 2:1 conducted atrial flutter. Also, lead I could give the initial impression of showing flutter waves. She presented to the emergency department after a couple of days of chest discomfort.

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ECG Blog #368 — Why So Fast?

Ken Grauer, MD

P utting I t A ll T ogether : — The Rhythm in Figure-1 What we have just described is the following: A regular WCT ( = W ide- C omplex T achycardia ) at a rate very close to 300/minute — without clear sign of atrial activity. Among the fast Supraventricular Rhythms: This is not AFib — because the rhythm is regular.

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A Covid patient with cough and Fever. Why does the ST-T wave look so abnormal?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

So this is an extremely slow atrial flutter with 2:1 conduction. Atrial rate 146, ventricular rate 73. I suspect that the amyloid slows the conduction of the atrial flutter. It turned out that he had a history of slow atrial flutter. Atrial arrhythmias ( especially AFib or AFlutter ).

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Atrial fibrillation? Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia? Don't look at computer read until AFTER you interpret!

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

of all cases, and 62% of Veritas® misdiagnoses). == MY Comment , by K EN G RAUER, MD ( 1/5/2020 ): == This case illustrates a number of important teaching points. M Y A NSWER: In my experience, MAT is the 2nd-most commonly overlooked cardiac arrhythmia ( surpassed only by Atrial Flutter ). GET a 12-lead!

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New Onset Heart Failure and Frequent Prolonged SVT. What is it? Management?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

There is atrial activity before every QRS, but that activity has negative polarity, so it is not sinus rhythm. There are clearly no flutter waves, so it is not atrial flutter (a "macro-reentrant" atrial tachycardia) Is it AVNRT originating at the superior pole of the AV node, resulting in a retrograde P-wave before the QRS?