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
JUNE 14, 2017
The P wave is positive in lead aVL of ECG #3, which means it is a low atrial (or probably coronary sinus) rhythm — which of itself is not necessarily “abnormal” in a child if there is no other sign of underlying heart disease. Accelerated ventricular rhythm in children: a review and report of a case with congenital heart disease 3.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
If you don't know what the dysrhythmia is, then try procainamide. That said — Today's patient does not have the simple form of Fascicular VT that responds to IV Verapamil or Diltiazem — because today's patient has underlying heart disease ( as well as a history of exercise-induced angina in the 3 months prior to presentation ).
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 25, 2022
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. Smith: should we give adenosine again? Adenosine worked. It converted the rhythm. We need to do one or both of two things: 1.
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. Sanjay Gupta
DECEMBER 19, 2022
At first glance, the subject of heart disease can seem exceptionally complex – consisting of several different conditions, medical jargon and very scary sounding terminology. Cardiac CT is now widely available and to my mind the easiest way to know about the blood vessels of the heart.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
SEPTEMBER 7, 2020
IF the rhythm in ECG #1 was VT — it would almost certainly be a form of Idiopathic VT — since there is no indication from the history that this 30-something man has underlying ischemic heart disease. The vast majority of VTs are associated with underlying structural heart disease. WHAT is I diopathic V T?
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