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A fascinating electrophysiology case. What is this wide complex tachycardia, and how best to manage it?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

She had a single chamber ICD/Pacemaker implanted several years prior due to ventricular tachycardia. She presented to the emergency department after a couple of days of chest discomfort. Answer : The ECG above shows a regular wide complex tachycardia. Cardiac output (CO) was being maintained by the tachycardia.

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A young man with another episode of tachycardia. What is it? And why give adenosine in sinus rhythm?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Written by Bobby Nicholson MD and Pendell Meyers A man in his 30s presented to the ED for evaluation of chest pain and palpitations. The ECGs show a wide complex, irregularly irregular tachycardia. At this point, the patient had been symptomatic for almost 5 hours, appeared unwell with chest pain and diaphoresis.

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A young man with palpitations.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A 30-something presented with chest pain, palpitations, and SOB. The two ECGs above were texted to me with the text: "Young Guy came in in SVT but now in and out of irregular wide complex tachycardia. -- not sure if polymorphic VT vs. a fib with WPW." He has had similar symptoms for 4 years, but has never been evaluated.

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Colchicine to Prevent Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence After Catheter Ablation: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Ahead of Print. Postablation chest pain consistent with pericarditis was reduced with colchicine (4% versus 15%; HR, 0.26 [95% CI, 0.09–0.77];P=0.02) BACKGROUND:Inflammation may promote atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence after catheter ablation. 2.02];P=0.89). 1.99];P=0.55).CONCLUSIONS:Colchicine

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Hyperthermia and ST Elevation

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Otherwise vitals after intubation were only notable for tachycardia. An initial EKG was obtained: Computer read: sinus tachycardia, early acute anterior infarct. It was from a patient with chest pain: Note the obvious Brugada pattern. A rectal temperature was obtained which read 107.9 This patient ruled out for MI.

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STEMI with Life-Threatening Hypokalemia and Incessant Torsades de Pointes

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A late middle-aged man presented with one hour of chest pain. See here for management of Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia , which includes Torsades. In multivariate analysis, serum potassium level was negatively and age positively related to ventricular tachycardia. Most recent echo showed EF of 60%.

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A potentially transformative treatment for POTS/Long COVID.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

POTS stands for postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. Let’s call it Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome – that’s not really a diagnosis – it’s just a medical jargon filled term for what the patient has just told us. What is POTS? When you examine them, the heart rate can be found to be excessively fast.

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