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10. Cardiovascular 10 (2 Hours & 14 minutes)

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   Content of this Session
    • Physiology of ECG
    • Atrial fibrillation
    • Atrial flutter
    • Ventricular fibrillation
    • Torsades de pointes

 

 

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[q] “What is the most likely diagnosis?

Patient with history of Mitral stenosis presenting with palpitation + ECG shows an absence of P waves and irregularly irregular rhythm with varying R-R intervals?

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[q] …………. is chaotic and erratic baseline ecg with no discrete P waves in between irregularly spaced QRS complexes. with Irregularly irregular heartbeat. It can lead to thromboembolic events, particularly stroke.

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[q] The most common trigger of ………….. is aberrant electrical foci in the pulmonary veins near their ostia into the left atrium; therefore, catheter ablation of pulmonary vein trigger sites (pulmonary vein isolation) is used for the treatment of symptomatic cases.

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[q] The severity of atrial fibrillation is dependent on …………….?

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[q] ……………. is a small saclike structure in the left atrium that is particularly susceptible to thrombus formation.

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[q] “What is the most likely diagnosis?

Patient with history of Mitral stenosis presenting with palpitation + ECG shows absent p waves and replaced with sawtooth pattern with regular rythm?

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[q] …………. is a rapid succession of identical, back-to-back atrial depolarization waves with “sawtooth” appearance on ECG?

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[q] “What is the most likely diagnosis?

Young female presenting with palpitation with abrupt onset and offset + ECG shows absent p waves, no fibrillatory waves, no flutter waves, very regular rhythm?

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[q] The best initial treatment of Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia is ….?

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[q] The drug of choice for Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia is ….?

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[q] “What is the most likely diagnosis?

Patient with history of COPD presenting with tachycardia (heart rate > 100 beats/min) + ECG shows polymorphic P waves (3 morphologically distinct P waves)?

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[q]  …… is indicated if sinus bradycardia is asymptomatic?

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[q] Patients with symptomatic sinus bradycardia should be treated initially with …..,  and …… is “the most effective therapy”.

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[q] What is the most likely diagnosis?

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[q] What is the most likely diagnosis?

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