Arrhythmias - supraventricular tachycardias Flashcards by Edmund Whelan

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What are the two most weighted factors in the CHADS VASc score for AF stroke risk?

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What type of Atrial Fibrillation developed less than 7 days ago?

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What type of AF is it if it’s come on within the last 48 hours?

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Definition of persistent AF?

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Definition of long-standing AF?

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What four symptoms make AF unstable?

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What are the first, second and third line drugs for long term rhythm control of AF?

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What two criteria are needed to make a diagnosis of AF?

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Give five causes of AF

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What are the two main treatment arms for AF?

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What are the first, second and third line drugs for rate control?

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When can you skip rate control and go straight to rhythm control in the treatment of AF?

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In rhythm control, when would you choose immediate cardioversion over delayed cardioversion?

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When can you choose delayed cardioversion instead of immediate cardioversion?

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What two drugs can be used for pharmacological cardioversion?

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What ECG changes can be observed in AF?

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Absent P waves
Irregular RR intervals

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What factors are worth 2 in the the CHA2DS2-VASc list?

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what are the four supra ventricular tachycardias we need to know about?

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what does AVRT stand for?

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what does AVNRT stand for?

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what happens in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome?

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what can potentially be caused if antiarrythmic drugs are given in a patient with WPW syndrome?

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what three ECG changes are seen in WPW syndrome?

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what causes AVNRT?

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what ratio does AVNRT affect women and men?

what's the most common cause of SVT in patients with a structurally normal heart?

what's first line medical treatment for haemodynamically stable patients with atrial flutter? what about unstable patients?

stable: beta blockers or CCBs unstable: antiarrythmics

What ECG changes can be observed in AF?

Absent P waves Irregular RR intervals

what does the ECG look like in atrial flutter?