Clinical Cases And ECG MIs Flashcards
What could sinus tachycardia be due to?
What is it normal in?
Normal if pregnant, emotional
Could also be response to:
- drugs
- hyperthyroid
- fever
- anemia
- CHF
- hypovolemia
What could cause sinus Bradycardia?
‣ Vagal response sleep apnea ‣ Meds ‣ MI ‣ Increased ICP ‣ Hypothyroid
When does a premature beat occur?
When an irritable focus spontaneously fires a single stimulus
What is premature atrial contraction associated w/ ?
Stress Alcohol Tobacco Coffee Copd Cad
Wha will a Premature Ventricular contraction present w/ on an ECG?
Wide QRS
What do multiple PVCs indicate on an ECG?
Ventricular Tachycardia
What can cause VTACH?
CAd Heart failure Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Congenital HD Electrolyte abnormalities
How is a Supraventricular Tachycardia represented on an ECG?
Narrow QRS complex, fast HR
What are the causes of Supraventricular Tachycardia?
Thyroid disease
Caffeine
Medications w/ stimulants
Stress
Why is Atrial Fibrillation particularly dangerous?
Can develop clots from this
What are the causes of atrial fibrillation?
‣ Hypertensive heart disease ‣ Valvular heart disease ‣ CHF ‣ CAD ‣ Obesity ‣ DM ‣ Metabolic syndrome ‣ Chronic Kidney disease
How is AFIB seen on an ECG?
Undulating baseline
No discernible P waves
Irregular QRS complex
Irregularly irregular ventricular rhythm
How does a First degree AV block present on an ECG?
Prolonged PR interval (over .2 sec - or bigger than 1 big block)
What are the limb leads of an ECG and what do they show?
Show depolarizatio of heart in frontal/coronal plane
AVR, aVL, aVF, I, II, III
What are the precordial leads of an ECG and what do they show?
V1-V6
Show depolarization of heart in horiz. Plane