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WHAT EXACTLY IS AN ARRHYTHMIA?

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

In that sense, the term dysrhythmia is preferable because it does literally translate as a disturbance in normal rhythm which is exactly what it is meant to describe. Any unsolicited disturbance of the rate or rhythm can be termed a dysrhythmia and result in the heart beating less efficiently but only for the duration of the dysrhythmia.

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A teenager involved in a motor vehicle collision with abnormal ECG

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Hopefully a repeat echocardiogram will be performed outpatient. See these publications for more information Overall, management for cardiac contusion is mostly supportive unless surgical complications develop, involving appropriate treatment of dysrhythmias and hemodynamic instability. 1900: RBBB and LAFB are almost fully resolved.

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

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

But adenosine only lasts for seconds, and if the dysrhythmia recurs, then the adenosine is gone. Prevent the initiation of the dysrhythmia -- this can be done with a beta blocker by prenenting PACS 2. She had an echocardiogram which was normal. Smith: should we give adenosine again? Adenosine worked. It converted the rhythm.

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A man in his 70s with weakness and syncope

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Formal echocardiogram showed normal EF, no wall motion abnormalities, no pericardial effusion. There were no dysrhythmias on cardiac monitor during observation. The patient proceeded to cath where all coronaries were described as normal with no evidence of any CAD, spasm, or any other abnormality. No more troponins were done.

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A Child with Blunt Trauma

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Blunt cardiac injury my result in : 1) Acute myocardial rupture with tamponade 2) Valve rupture (tricuspid, aortic, mitral) 3) Coronary thrombosis or dissection (and thus Acute MI) from direct coronary blunt injury 4) Dysrhythmias of all kinds. Localized bleeding from contusion could cause hemopericardium even without rupture.

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The three things that can go wrong with the heart

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

With this test, an echocardiogram is done at rest to study the pumping ability of the heart. The heart is an electrical organ and occasionally the electrics can choose to malfunction and the patient may develop a heart rhythm disturbance or a dysrhythmia such as AF or SVT or VT. You can only diagnose it in retrospect.

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Hyperthermia and ST Elevation

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A formal echocardiogram was completed the next day and again showed a normal ejection fraction without any focal wall motion abnormalities to suggest CAD. Cardiology was consulted and they agreed that the EKG had an atypical morphology for STEMI and did not activate the cath lab.