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Back to basics: what is this rhythm? What are your options for treating this patient?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The differential of a regular narrow QRS tachycardia is sinus tachycardia, SVT, and atrial flutter with regular conduction. There are no P waves preceding the QRS complexes, and no clear flutter waves. But adenosine only lasts for seconds, and if the dysrhythmia recurs, then the adenosine is gone. Adenosine worked.

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

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Later, he underwent a formal echocardiogram: Very severe left ventricular enlargement (LVED diameter 7.4 There is atrial activity before every QRS, but that activity has negative polarity, so it is not sinus rhythm. The other atrial flutter types are: 1. The patient was given furosemide and admitted to the hospital.

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Young Man with a Heart Rate of 257. What is it and how to manage?

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The Differential Diagnosis is: SVT with aberrancy(#) [AVNRT vs. WPW (also called AVRT*)] Atrial flutter with 1:1 conduction, with aberrancy VT coming from the anterior fascicle ( fascicular VT )@ *AVRT = AV Reciprocating Tachycardia (Tachycardic loop that uses both the AV node and an accessory pathway. "Due The echo was normal.

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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

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Dysrhythmia, pacer), 4) valvular heart disease, 5) FHx sudden death, 6) volume depletion, 7) persistent abnormal vitals, 8) primary CNS event __ 3) Mendu ML et al. Yield of Diagnostic Tests in Evaluating Syncopal Episodes in Older Patients Arch Intern Med 2009 Jul 27; 169:1299-1305.