Dysrhythmia Heart Disease Hospital 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JUNE 14, 2017
This case was sent by Dr Avinash Krishnamurthy, a fine emergency medicine resident from Australia Cairns base hospital Case : An adolescent male had a mechanical fall and injured his left shoulder and arm. Accelerated ventricular rhythm in children: a review and report of a case with congenital heart disease 3.
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 ). IF you missed the KEY Findings on the pre-hospital ECG of todays case Please take another look at My Comment at the bottom of the page of that February 6, 2020 post.
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
NOVEMBER 19, 2016
Author continued : STE in aVR is often due to left main coronary artery obstruction (OR 4.72), and is associated with in-hospital cardiovascular mortality (OR 5.58). 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. 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
APRIL 8, 2015
h/o heart disease (+1) 3. Clinical predictors of cardiac syncope at initial evaluation in patients referred urgently to general hospital: the EGSYS score. Heart 2008;94(12):1620–6. Background: Syncope is a common, potentially serious condition accounting for many hospital admissions. Del Rosso A, et al.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MARCH 6, 2025
Sinus tach is often misinterpreted as a dysrhythmia. This type of VT is often diagnosed in younger patients without any baseline cardiac disease. They often have good ejection fraction and tolerate the dysrhythmia quite well. Later in her hospital course, here is another ECG: Sinus rhythm with bigeminal PVCs.
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