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Mechanism of Arrythmias - Quiz 2 Flashcards

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three mechanisms of arrhythmia

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  • abnormal automaticity
  • abnormal triggered activity
  • re-entry
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types of abnormal triggered activity

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  • early afterdepolarizations
  • late afterdepolarizations
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abnormal automaticity due to

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  • abnormal phase 4 depolarization
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exclusivity of mechanisms of arrhythmia

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  • not mutually exclusive
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abnormal phase 4 depolarization due to which conditions

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  • degeneration/fibrosis
  • ischemia
  • stretch
  • hypokalemia
  • sympathetic stimulation

DISH S

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stretch due to

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  • people with CHF
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EAD inciters

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  • QT prolonging drugs
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EADs exaggerated by

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  • slow heart rate
  • hypokalemia
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EADs blunted by

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  • rapid heart rates
  • K+, Mg2+
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EADs mechanisms

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  • net increase inward
  • plateau current
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EADs putative clinical rhythm

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  • torsades
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early afterdepolarizations

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delayed afterdepolarizations

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DADs inciters

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  • digitalis
  • catecholamines
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DADs exaggerated by

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  • rapid rates
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DADs blunted by

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  • Ca2+ channel block
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DADs mechanism

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  • intracellular Ca2+ overload
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DADs putative clinical rhythm

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  • dig tox
  • ischemia
  • outflow tract VT
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most common mechanism for abnormal rhythms

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  • reentry
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what will favor re-rentry

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2 heterogenous pathways

Transient or permanent unidirectional block

dispersion of refractoriness

slow conduction velocity in the normal unblocked pathway

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what can result from a transient or unidirectional block

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one electrical pathway has either a prolonged refractory period or a prolonged repolarization time

producing a wave which only travels down the remaining pathway.

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22
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importance of slow conduction in regions of less refractoriness

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must be slow enough relative to the refractoriness of the blocked pathway to allow recovery of the previously blocked pathway.

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WPW AV rentry tachycardia structural physiology

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  • AV bypass tracts found along muscular portion of mitral and tricuspid annulus’
  • THESE ARE THE ACCESSORY TRACTS
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WPW sinus rhythm due to

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  • fusion of bypass and AV nodal conduction to ventricle
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WPW re-entry tachycardia due to

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  • there is a block in the bypass tract
  • re-entry of impulse from AV node over bypass tract that now depolarizes backwards
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how can an accessory tract depolarize again?

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  • the slow conduction of the AV node allows the bypass tract to recover its excitability
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27
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premature impulse in AV re-entry tachycardia due to

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  • unidrectional block in the bypass tract only
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28
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where would you see this signal?

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AV re-entry tachycardia

in WPW

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29
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strategy of antiarrhythmic agents

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  • alter automaticity
  • alter conduction velocity
  • alter refractory period
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30
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antiarrythmic drugs - how we alter automaticity

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ALL WAYS TO SLOW DOWN HEART RATE

  • decrease slope of phase 4 depolarization
  • increase threshold potential
  • decrease resting membrane potential
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antiarrythmic drugs - ways to alter conduction velocity

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  • decrease rate of rise of phase 0
  • decrease resting membrane potenail and responsiveness
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32
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antiarrythmic drugs - ways to alter refractory period

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  • increase phase 2 plateau
  • increase phase 3 repolarization
  • increase action potenial duration
33
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strategy of catheter ablation

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  • eliminate pathway of reentry circuit
  • create barrier of conduction to disrupt reentry circuit
  • eliminate source of abnormal automaticity or triggered activity
34
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bradyarrythmias defined as

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  • heart rate less than 60 bpm
35
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bradyarrythmias due to

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  • abnormal automaticity
  • degeneration of the normal conduction system
36
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diagnosis based on EKG

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  • sinus bradycardia
37
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p wave in sinus bradycardia

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  • normal p wave
38
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conditions that can cause sinus bradycardia

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  • high vagal tone
  • ischemia
  • degenerative disease
  • drugs
  • hypothyroidism

HDIDH

39
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treatment of sinus bradycardia

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  • no treatment unless symptomatic
  • then pacemaker
40
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diagnosis based on EKG

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  • sinus pause
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sinus pause cause

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  • degenerative disease in or around SA node
42
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sinus pause treatment

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  • pacemaker if symptomatic
43
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symptoms of sinus pause

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  • syncope generally greater than 3 seconds
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diagnosis based on EKG

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  • tachy-brady syndrome
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what you see in tachy-brady syndrome

due to

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  • pauses occur at termination of tachyarrythmias
  • due to overdrive suppression of SA node
46
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diagnosis based on EKG

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  • junctional escape rhythm
47
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junctional escape rhythm due to

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  • AV nodal cells acting as subsidiary pacemaker due to slower phase 4 depolarization
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hallmark of junctional escape rhythm

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  • no P before QRS
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what you see in first degree heart block

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  • every P makes a QRS
  • but long PR
50
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what you see in second degree heart block

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  • regular P waves
  • some but not all P waves makes QRS complexes
51
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what you see in third degree heart blocks

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  • constant and independent atrial and ventricular rates
  • no P conducts to a QRS
52
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diagnosis based off EKG

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  • 1st degree AV block
53
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causes of first degree AV block

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  • high vagal tone
  • degenerative disease
  • drugs
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treatment of first degree AV block

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which secondary AV block is most common

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refractoriness of mobitz 1

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PR of mobitz 1

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long, prolongs

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usual site of block mobitz 1

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  • within AV node
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QRS duration mobitz 1

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causes mobitz 1

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  • AV nodal blocking drugs
  • inferior MI
  • vagal tone
  • degenerative disease
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carotid massage mobitz 1

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exercise mobitz 1

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permanent pacing (mobitz 1)

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  • not usually
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refractoriness of mobitz 2

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PR of mobitz 2

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  • short, constant
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usual site of block mobitz 2

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  • below the AV node
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QRS duration mobitz 2

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  • usually wide
  • usually associted with BBB
68
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causes of mobitz 2

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  • Na+ channel blocking drugs
  • anterior MI
  • degenerative disease
69
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carotid massage mobitz 2

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  • no change or improves
70
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exercise, atropine mobitz 2

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  • no change or worsens
71
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permanent pacing for mobitz 2

72
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diagnosis based on EKG

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  • mobitz 1 block
  • look for P without QRS
  • wide QRS
  • longer PR
73
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diagnosis based on EKG

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mobitz II

  • look for P without QRS then short PR
74
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diagnosis based on EKG

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  • 3rd degree AV block
  • no relationship between P and QRS
  • more P’s than QRS’s. QRS’s are regular
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treatment of 3rd degree AV block

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  • reverse with treatment of underlying cause
  • may need pacemaker
76
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cause of 3rd degree AV block

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  • ischemia/infarct
  • degenerative disease
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diagnosis based on EKG

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3rd degree AV block

  • due to inferior MI
78
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diagnosis based on EKG

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  • sinus bradycardia - atrial pacing
  • pacemaker spike followed by P wave
79
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diagnosis based on EKG

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  • ventricular pacing
  • can see the spike of the current depolarizing the ventricle

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