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1
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Sinus Tachycardia

A

> 100bpm

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Sinus Tachycardia causes

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Infection
Pain
Exercise
Anxiety
Dehydration
Bleed
Systemic vasodilation (e.g. sepsis)
Drugs (caffeine, nicotine, salbutamol)
Anaemia
Fever
PE
Hyperthyroidism
Pregnancy
CO2 retention
Autonomic neuropathy
Sympathomimetics
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Sinus Bradycardia

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Sinus rhythm <60bpm

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Sinus Bradycardia Causes

A 
Physical fitness
Vasovagal attacks
Sick sinus syndrome
Drugs (beta blockers, digoxin, amiodarone)
Hypothyroidism
Hypothermia
Increased ICP
Cholestasis
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AF

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Absent P waves and irregular QRS complexes

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AF causes

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IHD
Thyrotoxicosis
Hypertension
Obesity
CCF
Alcohol
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Heart block definition

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Disrupted passage of electrical impulse through AV node

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1st degree HB

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PR interval is prolonged and unchanging/regular

No missed beats

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2nd degree HB Mobitz I

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Wenckebach
PR interval becomes longer and longer until a QRS is missed, then the pattern resets
Regular Irregular

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2nd degree HB Mobitz II

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QRSs regularly missed e.g. P-QRS-P-QRS-P

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Causes of 1st and 2nd degree HB

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Normal variant
Athletes
Sick sinus syndrome
IHD (especially inferior MI)
Acute myocarditis
Drugs (digoxin, beta-blockers)
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3rd degree HB

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Complete HB
No impulses passed from atria to ventricles
P waves and QRS complexes appear independently from each other
Patient becomes very bradycardic, may lead to haemodynamic compromise
Urgent treatment required

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13
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3rd degree HB causes

A 
IHD (esp. inferior MI)
Idiopathic (fibrosis)
Congenital
Aortic valve calcification
Cardiac surgery/trauma
Digoxin toxicity
Infiltration (abscesses, granulomas, tumours, parasites
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ST elevation

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Normal variant (high take-off)
STEMI
Prinzmetal's angina- coronary artery spasm; pain without exertion triggered by hyperventilation, cocaine, tobacco
Acute pericarditis (saddle-shaped)
Left ventricular aneurysm
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ST Depression

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Normal variant (upward sloping)
Digoxin toxicity (downward sloping)
Ischaemia (horizontal)
Angina 
NSTEMI
Acute posterior MI (in V1-V3)
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16
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T inversion in V1-3

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Normal (black patients and children)
RBBB
RV strain 9e.g. secondary to PE)

17
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T inversion in V2-5

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Anterior ischaemia
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Subarachnoid haemorrhage
Lithium

18
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T inversion in V4-6 and aVL

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Lateral ischaemia
Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH)
LBBB

19
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T inversion in II, III and aVF

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Inferior ischaemia

20
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NSTEMI/unstable angina

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ST depression
T wave inversion
non-specific changes, or normal

21
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Ischaemia- changes in I, aVL, V4-6

A

Lateral heart

Circumflex artery

22
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Ischaemia- changes in V1-3

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Anterioseptal

LAD

23
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Ischaemia- II, III, aVF

A

Inferior heart
RCA in 80%
Circumflex in 20%- left dominant

24
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Posterior MI

A

Standard 12 lead ECG will not show Q waves, St elevation of hyperacute T waves
Instead you may find these changes but “upside down” in V1-3- Prominent R waves, flat ST depression, T wave inversion
If record V7-9 leads you may fins classic ST elevation –> posterior MI

25
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Pulmonary embolism

A

Sinus tachycardia (commonest)
RBBB
Right ventricular strain pattern- RAD, dominant R wave, T wave inversion/ST depression in V1-2
Rarely- deep S waves in I, pathological Q waves in III and T wave inversion in III

26
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Digoxin effect

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Down sloping ST depression
T wave inversion V5-6
Any arrhythmia may occur

27
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Hyperkalaemia

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Tall tented T waves
Widened QRS
Absent/flattened P waves
Sine-wave appearance

28
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Hypokalaemia

A

Small T waves
Prominent U waves
Peaked P waves

29
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Hypercalcaemia

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Short QT interval

30
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Hypocalcaemia

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Long QT interval

31
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Right bundle branch block

A

QRS>0.12s
V1: ‘RSR’ pattern, dominant R
V1-V3 or V4: T wave inversion
V6: wide, slurred S wave

32
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Right BBB causes

A

Normal variant (isolated RBBB)
PE
Cor pulmonale

33
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Left BBB

A

QRS >0.12s
V5: ‘M’ pattern
V1: dominant S
I, aVL, V5-6: T wave inversion

34
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Left BBB causes

A

IHD
Hypertension
Cardiomyopathy
Idiopathic fibrosis

35
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Bifascicular block

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LBBB + RBBB

Manifests itself as an axis deviation

36
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Trifascicular block

A

Bifascicular block + 1st degree HB

37
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Left ventricular hypertrophy

A

R wave in V6 >25mm OR sum of S wave in V1 + R wave in V6>35mm

38
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Right ventricular hypertrophy

A

Dominant R wave in V1
T wave inversion in V1-3 or V4
Deep S wave in V6
RAD

39
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Causes of low voltage QRS complex (QRS <5mm in all limb leads)

A 
Hypothyroidism
COPD
Changes in chest wall impedance
PE
BBB
Carcinoid heart disease
Myocarditis + other heart muscle diseases
Cardiac amyloid
Doxorubicin cardiotoxicity
Pericardial effusion
Pericarditis

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