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Cardiomatics guide: Analyzing arrhythmias made easy

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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. Sinus tachycardia – sinus rhythm above 100 bpm is a sinus tachycardia. In healthy individuals occurs during exercising or strong emotions.

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How Wearable Tech Can Help Monitor Your Heart Health

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The Role of Wearable Technology in Heart Health Wearable tech is designed to monitor physiological data and provide actionable insights to users. For heart health, these devices use advanced sensors to track metrics like heart rate, blood oxygen levels, and even irregular heart rhythms.

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Torsade in a patient with left bundle branch block: is there a long QT? (And: Left Bundle Pacing).

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Heart Rhythm [Internet]. Discontinue all negative chronotropic agents, since the risk of torsade is much higher with bradycardia or pauses. Bogossian H, Frommeyer G, Ninios I, Hasan F, Nguyen QS, Karosiene Z, Mijic D, Kloppe A, Suleiman H, Bandorski D, et al. 2014;11:22732277. Available from: [link] 2. The plan: 1.

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How a pause can cause cardiac arrest

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Learning points : Takotsubo can lead to cardiac arrest from ventricular arrhythmia. Most Torsades is the result of a pause-dependent effect that predisposes to development of the malignant arrhythmia ( Dohadwala et al — Heart Rhythm Case Rep 3(2):115-119, 2017 ).

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A man in his 60s with syncope and ST depression. What does the ECG mean?

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Syncope and Bradycardia Syncope in a 20-something woman Long QT: Do not trust the computerized QT interval when the QT is long An Alcoholic Patient with Syncope Cardiac Arrest. Is it STEMI? Chest pain in high risk patient. Are these Hyperacute T-waves? What is going on here? What does the ECG show?

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Hyperthermia and ST Elevation

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Prior to Mizusawa's study, it was thought that the incidence of syncope, arrhythmia, or SCD in this cohort was low [7]. In light of the risk of arrhythmia events observed in the Mizusawa trial, a formal EP study might be reasonable to obtain in those with fever induced asymptomatic Brugada ECG changes to help risk stratify these patients.

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A young F is hyperthermic, delirious, and dry: Fever-induced Brugada? Diphenhydramine toxicity? Tricyclic?

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Regardless of further evaluation, she should avoid bradycardia, AV nodal blockers, Na channel blockers, and fevers. --If Conclusion of this paper: Fever is a great risk factor for arrhythmia events in Brugada Syndrome patients. Heart Rhythm 2016. Heart Rhythm 2018. years and 71.6% (67 of 88) were men.