Arrhythmias

Question 1

Tachycardia
How many BPM?
Mostly narrow…

Answer 1

> 100 bpm
narrow QRS

Question 2

What are the ventricular tachycardias?

Answer 2

v.tach
V.Fib

Question 3

What is V tach?

Answer 3

single beats from ventricle
>100 bpm
ventricles beating faster than they should

Question 4

What is v.fib?

Answer 4

Ventricles contract rapidly and un coordinated

Question 5

what is svt?

Answer 5

supra ventricular tachycardia

Question 6

Examples of atrial tachycardias?
(SVTs)

Answer 6

AVRT
Atrial sinus tach
A fib
A flutter
AVNRT

Question 7

What is AVRT?

Answer 7

re entrant pathway through accessory pathway , bundle of Kent

Question 8

Atrial sinus tach
A fib
A flutter

Regular or irregular?

Answer 8

regular
irregular
regular

Question 9

What is AVNRT?

Answer 9

Functional channel
Re entrant pathway goes through AVN

Tx = same as AVRT

Question 10

MC type of SVT?

Answer 10

AVNRT

Question 11

bradycardia
how many bpm?

Answer 11

<60 bpm

Question 12

Examples of bradycardia

Answer 12

RBBB
LBBB
1^, 2^ & 3^ heart block
sinus bradycardia

Question 13

Pathway of electrical impulses in heart

Answer 13

SAN
AVN
Bundle of His
Purkinje fibres