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Approach to palpitations
Aetiology Palpitations: Associated Symptoms and Causes Cardiac:Arrhythmias Cardiac: Nonarrhythmic cardiac…
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Arrythmias (simple summary)
Tachyarrhythmias: Fast rhythms from atria or ventricles. Bradyarrhythmias (not detailed…
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Atrial Fibrillation
Intro Risk factors, disease associations and potentially reversible precipitants for…
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Beta blockers
gathered from – https://bpac.org.nz/2024/beta-blockers.aspx Mechanism of Action Beta-Adrenoceptor Subtypes 📘…
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Bradycardia
Presentation: Etiologies of Sinus Bradycardia Sinus bradycardia can result from…
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Heart Block
Delayed conduction of electrical current as it passes through the…
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Narrow complex Tachyarrhythmias and differentiating clinical features
Arrhythmia Rate (bpm) P-waves QRS Variability Response to Adenosine/Vagal Typical…
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Narrow Complex Tachycardia
NCT = Narrow QRS (<120 ms) fast rate (>100 bpm)…
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palpitations in children
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Pre-excitation syndromes
Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome ECG features of WPW in sinus rhythm…
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premature ventricular complexes
Origin of Ectopic Beats Premature contractions (“ectopics”) are classified by…
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Sinus tachycardia
DIAGNOSIS ECG Inappropriate sinus tachycardia (IST) Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome…
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Sudden Cardiac Arrest
most common: birth to 13 years aged 14 to 24…
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SVT – Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT)
Case: Jane is a 42 yr old women who teachers…
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Torsades de pointes (TdP)
Risk factors Causes of prolonged QT Antipsychotics Antiarrhythmics Tricyclics Other…
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Ventricular fibrillation (VF)
Features: always associated with absent pulse and loss of consciousness…
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Ventricular tachycardia (VT)
Monomorphic Polymorphic complex of normal duration. (the first of the…