Category: ECG / Electrophysiology

CHA2DS2-VASc risk factor based point scoring system for atrial fibrillation is meant for assessing the risk of thromboembolism in nonvalvular AF.

Atrial fibrillation - transient / reversible factors: alcohol, cardiac surgery, infarction, pericarditis, myocarditis, pulmonary embolism, hyperthyroidism.

Atrial stunning denotes the delay in the onset of organised atrial contraction after a successful cardioversion of atrial fibrillation.

Juvenile T wave inversion is seen in anterior chest leads and may persist for a variable period in adult life.

ECG Quiz 33

ECG Quiz 39

ECG Quiz 1

12 lead ECG tracing showing sinus bradycardia at a rate of around 45 per minute.

Left atrial ganglionic plexi are new targets of AF ablation. Four major plexi are superior left, inferior left, anterior right and inferior right.

Bundle branch blocks could be RBBB, LBBB, LAHB, LPHB or combinations. Those patterns not conforming to these are IVCD (intraventricular conduction defects).