AV blockPre-excitationThird (3rd) degree AV block1 Min Read Steve SmithonNovember 5, 2014 Cold symptoms and bradycardia. What is this pre-excitation? A young man presented to the ED for cough and runny nose and was bradycardic, so an ECG was recorded: There is sinus rhythm with complete AV…
atrial_fibrillationAV blockinferoposterior STEMIjunctional escape4 Min Read Steve SmithonSeptember 6, 2013 Chest pain and Bradycardia An elderly male complained of chest pain. He had no previous cardiac history and was only on aspirin, a statin, and a proton pump…
AV blockAV dissociationLadder Diagram3 Min Read Steve SmithonApril 17, 2013 What Kind of AV Block is This? Guest Post by Dr. K. Wang (The Rhythm Master), Using a Ladder Diagram In my residency training and beyond, I learned much from Dr. Kyuhyun Wang (here is his bio) and from his Atlas of Electrocardiography. …
AV blockbradycardiainferior STEMIserial ECG3 Min Read Steve SmithonMarch 30, 2012 Intermittent third degree heart block due to stuttering inferior STEMI A 71 year old male complained of near syncope and SOB without any chest pain. His pulse was slow. He was put on the monitor. …
AV blockAV dissociationisorhythmic dissociation2 Min Read Steve SmithonJune 10, 2011 AV Dissociation. Is there AV block? This patient had a drug overdose with oxcarbazepine and this ECG was recorded. What is the rhythm? Is there AV block? See the comments…
AV block1 Min Read Steve SmithonJune 6, 2011 What is the rhythm? Also, now on Twitter: smithECGBlog Dr. Smith has entered the 21st century; you can follow the blog on Twitter!! Follow it!! Twitter: smithECGBlog Here is…
AV blockprecordial Swirl due to Right Ventricular MIRVMI in lead V1wenckebach1 Min Read Steve SmithonMay 31, 2011 What kind of AV block is this?? And where is the coronary occlusion?? For couple very interesting related posts, click here. A 76 year old male presented with chest pain. Here is the initial ECG:…