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Torsade in a patient with left bundle branch block: is there a long QT? (And: Left Bundle Pacing).

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Place temporary pacemaker 3. Because she has cardiomyopathy and ventricular dysrhythmias, the pacer included an Implanted Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) Echo 6 days later after CRT: Normal estimated left ventricular ejection fraction. Even with tachycardia and a paced QRS duration of ~0.16 No wall motion abnormality. (J

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Atrial fibrillation? Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia? Don't look at computer read until AFTER you interpret!

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Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia 2. MAT has at least 3 distinct P-wave morphologies, but there is no single dominant pacemaker (i.e., Atrial dysrhythmias, and atrial fi brillation in particular, are frequently misdiagnosed by computer algorithms and then by the physician who overreads them. Sinus with multifocal PACs 3.

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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

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If the patient has Abnormal Vital Signs (fever, hypotension, tachycardia, or tachypnea, or hypoxemia), then these are the primary issue to address, as there is ongoing pathology which must be identified. Negative predictors included dementia, pacemaker, coronary revascularization, and cerebrovascular disease. orthostatic vitals b.