Dr. Sanjay Gupta

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The problem with both these tests are that they study the heart at rest and sometimes abnormalities may be picked up only when the heart is stressed and therefore combining these modalities with a stress test can be even more helpful and by far the best form of stress is exercise. You can only diagnose it in retrospect.

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Plaque Heart Rhythm Heart Attack Heart attacks 40

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

I have ordered an echocardiogram which will be done today, after that patient can be discharged to home with follow-up in 2 to 3 months." The echo was normal. Learning points 1. In this regular wide complex tachycardia , since the rhythm converted w adenosine, it is almost certainly SVT w aberrancy, which can be either: A.

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Tachycardia Heart Disease Ablation Dysrhythmia 52

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. Echocardiogram: Estimated left ventricular ejection fraction, lower limits of normal; 45-50%. In my experience — sinus tach rarely exceeds 170/minute in a non-exercising adult patient. This would be the likely source of the VT.

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Tachycardia Nursing Heart Disease Dysrhythmia 52