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Tachycardia induced cardiomyopathy

…AVRT) Permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia (PJRT) Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia (JET) VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS Ventricular tachycardia Fascicular tachycardia FREQUENT ECTOPY Premature ventricular contractions (PVC) Premature atrial contractions…

Cardiovascular Risk in Women: Sex-Specific Factors

…Premature ovarian insufficiency Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy Preeclampsia Preterm delivery Gestational diabetes Small for gestational age delivery Placental abruption Pregnancy loss Polycystic ovary syndrome Functional…

Junctional rhythm (escape rhythm) and junctional tachycardia

…is not visible because when impulses are discharged from the junctional area, atria and ventricles are depolarized simultaneously and ventricular depolarization (QRS) dominates the ECG…

ECG interpretation method, adults

…AVRT (pre excitation, WPW), junctional tachycardia. These tachyarrhythmias arise in the atria and are very rarely life threatening. Causes of tachyarrhythmia with wide QRS complexes…

Atropine: Dosing in Bradycardia and Its Limitations

…appear at rates of 40 to 48 beats per minute, occasionally accompanied by junctional escape beats, which may present with P waves at the onset…

Digoxin: Dosing, Therapeutic Range and Toxicity Management

…of digoxin toxicity. Toxicity can manifest as sinus bradycardia or sinus arrest, atrioventricular (AV) node block, and junctional, fascicular, or ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Patients may also…

Management of bradycardia (bradyarrhythmia)

…Sinoatrial block Junctional rhythm First degree AV block Second degree AV block Mobitz type 1 (Wenckebach block) Pauses up to 4 seconds in patients with…

Sinoatrial arrest & sinoatrial pause (sinus pause / arrest)

…referred to as a junctional rhythm . The His Purkinje network : All these fibers possess automaticity with an intrinsic rate of depolarization of around 20–40…

Third-degree AV block (3rd degree AV block, AV block 3, AV block III)

…such that they may cease and thus cause cardiac arrest. Junctional escape rhythm is more reliable (the risk of cardiac arrest is considerably lower). Moreover…

Stress Echocardiography: Protocols and Interpretation

Echocardiography Myocardial ischemia and infarction Definition and Pathophysiology Stress echocardiography is a functional cardiac imaging technique used primarily to identify inducible myocardial ischaemia and to…

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