ECG Case 22
77 Years old woman with history of Diabetes, Chronic Kidney Failure and Pancreatitis. What's the Diagnosis ?
Never Mistake Ventricular Tachycardia for Supraventricular Tachycardia with Aberrant Conduction
Criteria for Discriminating Ventricular Tachycardia from SVT with Aberration
It can be especially difficult to distinguish between ventricular tachycardia (VT) and supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) with aberrant conduction. Fortunately, if the patient is unstable, the initial treatment for both rhythms is synchronized electrical cardioversion.
Do Not Confuse Mobitz Type I and Mobitz Type II Atrioventricular (AV) Block
Key ECG Characteristics of Mobitz Type I and Type II AVB
Second-degree AVB is divided into two types, Mobitz type I and type II. It is important for the emergency provider to be able to distinguish between these two types of second-degree AVB, as treatment, disposition, and prognosis can be vastly different.
ECG Case 18
Elderly man with Ischemic Heart Disease on therapy with Digoxin and Lasix. What abnormalities do you see ?
ECG Case 15
75 years old man presented with palpitations. What are you thoughts on this Tachyarrhythmia?