Ventricular tachycardia mimics

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ECG STAT December 3, 2024
Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) Mimics

Key Points Wide Complex Tachycardias (WCT): When encountering a wide complex (QRS > 120ms) tachycardia with regular rhythm, the initial assumption should be ventricular tachycardia (VT) until proven otherwise. VT…

Weekly Workout June 17, 2024
Shock first and ask questions later?

An elderly woman with a past medical history of hypertension, diabetes, and Parkinson’s disease presents to the ED with hip pain after a fall. Her blood pressure and mental status…

Weekly Workout March 18, 2024
Literature Review: Shark Fin or “Triangular” ST segment morphology

A 61-year-old male is brought to the ED with acute substernal chest pain and diaphoresis. The following ECG is obtained:

Weekly Workout November 6, 2023
Wide Complex Tachycardias: beware the many mimics of ventricular tachycardia

A 73-year-old woman with PMHx of HTN, DM, HLD presents to the emergency department with 2 days of vomiting, malaise, and indigestion with chest discomfort. The following ECG is obtained:

Weekly Workout October 16, 2022
Differential Diagnoses: what you gotta know about regular wide complex tachycardias

A 72-year-old woman is brought into the emergency department by family for confusion. She has a history of abdominal hernia repair with subsequent complications, including an exploratory laparotomy for an…

Weekly Workout August 23, 2021
STAT ECG Diagnoses: a review of the differentials to consider when dealing with wide complex tachycardias and when antiarrhythmic medications can be harmful

A 41-year-old female is brought into the ED by EMS unresponsive with unknown past medical history. She is found to be febrile, normotensive (126/78), tachycardic (120s-150s), tachypneic (30s with a…

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