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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. Because the patient was exercising, which increases sympathetic tone, facilitating AV conduction.

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Wide-complex tachycardia that didn’t follow the rules

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The WCT is interrupted by a series of variable-morphology QRS complexes, with atrial flutter waves note in II, III, and aVF. Detail of Flutter waves The rate of the flutter waves matches the rate of the WCT (about 200/m), proving that the presenting WCT had been 1:1 atrial flutter.

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Cardiomatics guide: Analyzing arrhythmias made easy

Cardiomatics

In healthy individuals occurs during exercising or strong emotions. AFIB/AFL – atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter episodes. ECG waveform Cardiomatics catalog of ECG events: Sinus rhythm – the normal heart rhythm is the sinus rhythm generated by the physiological pacemaker, the sinus node.