Chest Pain Dysrhythmia Heart Disease 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JUNE 14, 2017
There was apparently no syncope and he had no bony injuries, but he did complain of left sided chest pain. His chest was tender. Accelerated ventricular rhythm in children: a review and report of a case with congenital heart disease 3. A bedside cardiac ultrasound was normal. He wrote: "ECG 1 - shows wide ???IVCD
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
AUGUST 31, 2022
It is however used in medical practice as a description for disturbance rather than absence of heart rhythm. 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. A cardiac arrhythmia therefore means loss of cardiac rhythm.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 25, 2022
She reports that she is now unable to vagal out of her palpitations and is having shortness of breath and dull chest pain. 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.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
APRIL 15, 2020
Inferior MI results in scar tissue which is a likely source of a re-entrant ventricular dysrhythmia. Angiogram: Severe coronary artery calcification Moderate to severe distal small vessel disease mainly seen in RPL1, 2 Otherwise, Mild plaque, no angiographically significant obstructive coronary artery disease.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JUNE 20, 2020
He was admitted for monitoring, as his risk of a ventricular dysrhythmia as cause of the syncope is high ( very high due to HFrEF and ischemic cardiomyopathy ). He denied chest pain or dyspnea throughout. No previous study for comparison. Clinical Course: - He had no events on cardiac monitoring overnight. -
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 19, 2016
It was edited by Smith CASE : A 52-year-old male with a past medical history of hypertension and COPD summoned EMS with complaints of chest pain, weakness and nausea. 10 The 2014 ACC/AHA guidelines for the Management of Patients with Valvular Heart Disease , referencing this article, gives this recommendation: "CLASS IIb 1.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
He had concurrent sharp substernal chest pain that resolved, but palpitations continued. Over past 3 months, he has had similar intermittent episodes of sharp chest pain while running, but none at rest. If you don't know what the dysrhythmia is, then try procainamide. What to do now? So I would give procainamide.
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