Blog Dysrhythmia Ultrasound 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Pads were placed with ultrasound guidance, so they were in the correct position. If you don't know what the dysrhythmia is, then try procainamide. If it is VT, adenosine is safe but not effective. Shocked x 2 without effect. What to do now? If you believe it is SVT, then try adenosine. Do you see proof that confirms VT?
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JUNE 14, 2017
A bedside cardiac ultrasound was normal. He has a great blog too: ECG Interpretation He is also well known on the Facebook EKG Club page , where you can learn tons about ECGs: Here is his response, with the first ECG labelled: Hello Steve & Avinash. His chest was tender. He wrote: "ECG 1 - shows wide ???IVCD IVCD type rhythm ??
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JULY 22, 2012
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. In the ED, ultrasound showed hemopericardium with tamponade.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MARCH 6, 2020
A bedside POC cardiac ultrasound was done: Findings: Decreased left ventricular systolic function. I focus My Comment on determination of the e tiology of this patient’s tachyarrhythmia — and compare it to other SVT rhythms previously published in Dr. Smith’s ECG Blog. The patient was given furosemide and admitted to the hospital.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 30, 2019
On arrival, the patient was in shock, was intubated, and had an immediate cardiac ultrasound. What does a heart look like on ultrasound when the EKG looks like that? Here you go: It's not the world's greatest cardiac ultrasound video, but it does appear to show poor function and low volume. They transported to the ED.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Echocardiography – We can use ultrasound to visualize the heart and look at how well it pumps. 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. This is termed as diastolic dysfunction.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 10, 2022
Cardiac Ultrasound may be a surprisingly easy way to help make the diagnosis Answer: pulmonary embolism. Now another, with ultrasound. Then there is loss of pulses with continued narrow complex on the monitor ("PEA arrest") Learning Points: Sudden witnessed Cardiac Arrest due to ACS is almost always due to dysrhythmia.
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