1/ Today's 🧵 is about the #pacemaker basics.
The objective of this post is to clarify several doubts in a simple way. #CardioTwitter
I will explain it with simple steps and classic examples so you can understand better.
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1/ Today's 🧵is about "VT" versus "SVT with aberrancy".
The aim of this thread is to provide basic tips on how to apply some of the most used criteria that might be helpful in diagnosing VT. #CardioTwitter
Note that the following features are suggestive of VT, but their absence
1/ Today's 🧵is about "STEMI Equivalents".
The aim of this thread is to provide a basic guidance on recognizing EKG patterns in cases with coronary artery occlusion where the ST-segment elevation is not present in contiguous leads.
Based on the expert consensus published by the
This is the biggest heart I've ever seen.
40 years old 👩🦰 with a history of dilated heart disease (no more info). She sent me this pic via DM.
#CardioTwitter
1/ Today's 🧵 is about the premature ventricular complex (#PVC).
The objective of this post is to refresh basic concepts. I will explain it in a simple way with classic examples that may help you. #CardioTwitter@ekgdx
1/ Today's 🧵 is about the de #Winter pattern.
The objective of this post is to help you understand a little more about this pattern with good examples, as well as remember its history.
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The "frog sign" is nothing more than the cannon-type "a" waves produced by the nearly simultaneous contractions of the atria and ventricles while the mitral and tricuspid valves are closed in the setting of a rapid tachyarrhythmia.
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1/ Today's 🧵is about "Premature Atrial Complex (PAC)".
The aim of this thread is to refresh basic concepts that may help you to identify the different types of PACs.
I will explain it in a simple way with classic examples.
#CardioTwitter#ekgdx@ekgdx
1/ The importance of serial #EKG in acute myocardial infarction.
An interesting case with a series of three EKGs with #echofirst and #angiogram as well. #CardioTwitter
A 52-year-old woman, smoker with chest pain for one hour.
EKG #1 was performed in triage 🧵👇
1/ Today's 🧵is about a teaching case.
The goal of this thread is to help you understand with real examples the importance of thinking beyond myocardial infarction in those patients with chest pain and elevated troponin levels.
Courtesy of @ekgdx#ekgdx#CardioTwitter#CardioX
1- Endotracheal tube.
2- The absence of chest tubes/central lines indicates old post op (sternal wires), most likely CABG bc no artificial valves.
3- Single chamber pacemaker
4- Deep sulcus sign indicating left pneumothorax (due to CPR??).
5- Cracked ribs (due to CPR??).
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1/ Today's 🧵is about EKG Challenges.
It is dedicated to those who need to take their #ECG skills to the next level and all #cardiology fellows in training. #CardioTwitter@ekgdx
