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Rate & Rhythm Disturbances Flashcards

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Sinus arrhythmia-

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  • Cyclic increase in normal HR with inspiration, decrease with expiration
  • Reflex changes in vagal influence on pacemaker
  • Young & elderly
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Sinus arrhythmia- Sx

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  • Disappears with breath holding, increased HR
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Sinus arrhythmia- Dx/ Tx

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No clinical significance

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Sinus Bradycardia- Eti

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< 60 BPM- increased vagal influence in pacemaker, SA node disease

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Sinus Bradycardia-Sx

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  • weakness, confusion, syncope

- may cause article, junctional or ventricular ectopic rhythms

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Sinus Bradycardia- Dx

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Rate increases with exercise or atropine

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Sinus Bradycardia- Tx

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Atropine & pacing

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Sinus Tachycardia- Eti

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> 100 BPM

- Rapid impulse formation of SA node

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Sinus Tachycardia- Sx

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  • Fever, exercise, emotion, pain, anemia, HF, shock, drugs

- Alchohol withdrawal

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Sinus Tachycardia- Dx

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  • Gradual onset & termination
  • infrequently exceeds 160 BPM
  • Regular rhythm, may change with position, breaths, sedation
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Sinus Tachycardia- Tx

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  • Beta blockers

- Modification of SA node

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Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia- Eti

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  • AV nodal reentry tachycardia
  • AV accessory pathway
  • No structural heart disease
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Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia- Sx

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  • 140-240 BPM, regular
  • Episodes begin & end abruptly- seconds to hours
  • Angina, dizzy, SOB,
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Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia- Dx

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  • ECG: regular rhythm, increased rate

- P-wave differs in contour

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Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia- Tx

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  • Terminate episode
  • valsalva, carotid sinus massage
  • Adenosine to block conduction of AV node
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16
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Wolffe-Parkinson-White syndrome- Eti

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Superventricular tachycardia due to accessory connection between atrium & ventricle through Kent Bundles

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Wolffe-Parkinson-White syndrome- Sx

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  • Syncope
  • Rapid, regular rhythm
  • Palpations
  • Loss of pre excitation during exercise
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Wolffe-Parkinson-White syndrome- Tx

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  • Catheter ablation
19
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Atrial fibrillation- Eti

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  • Most common
  • Increases in 7th decade
  • 60% revert to sinus rhythm within 24 hrs
  • HTN, MI, stroke
20
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Atrial fibrillation- Sx

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  • Irregularly irregular pulse

- palpitations or fatigue

21
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Atrial fibrillation- Dx

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  • ECG- ambulatory
22
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Atrial fibrillation- Tx

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> 1 wk = anticoagulants & rate control with beta blockers, CCB

23
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Atrial premature contraction- Eti

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  • Ectopic focus of atria fires before SA node

- Common

24
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Atrial premature contraction- Sx

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  • Premature heart beat, abolished by increase in HR
  • Asymptomatic & benign
  • Varied p wave morphology
25
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Atrial premature contraction- Tx

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None- discontinue coffee, tobacco

26
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Atrial flutter- Eti

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  • Assoc with COPD

- Less common that fibrillation

27
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Atrial flutter- Sx

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  • Regular pulse with atrial rate btw 250-350
  • Palpitations, fatigue, tachycardia
  • COPD or HF
28
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Atrial flutter- Dx

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Sawtooth ECG

29
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Atrial flutter- Tx

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  • Beta blocker or CCB- rate control

- Electrical cardioversion

30
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Premature ventricular contraction- Eti

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  • Isolated beats originating from ventricular tissue
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Premature ventricular contraction- Sx

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  • Pts may not sense
  • Exercise abolishes
  • No p-wave
  • Arrhythmia- every 2nd/3rd beat premature
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Premature ventricular contraction- Dx

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Ambulatory ECG

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Premature ventricular contraction- Tx

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  • Asymptomatic= no tx
  • Freq- lytes, tsh, HD
  • Beta blockers
  • Catheter ablation
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V-tach- Eti

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  • 3+ premature beats

- Sudden death with sig. LV dysfunction

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V-tach- Sx

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  • Syncope, impaired cerebral fxn

- Structural heart defects/ disease, myopathy

36
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V-tach- Dx

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ECG- Torasades de pointes

37
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V-tach- Tx

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  • Mg sulfate

- beta blockers

38
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V-fib- Eti

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  • Proceeded by V-fib

- Severe CAD

39
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V-fib- Sx

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  • Sudden death

- Prior MI

40
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V-fib- Tx

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  • Cardioverter- defibrilatoer
41
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Long QT syndrome- Eti

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Congenital or acquired

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Long QT syndrome- Sx

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  • Congenital: Primary elec. disorder, no evidence of HD, deafness
  • Acquired: secondary to MI, abn lytes, antiarrythmics
43
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Long QT syndrome- Tx

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Beta blockers

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