Anatomy
This cardiac structure initiates atrial depolarization and acts as the natural pacemaker
What is the SA node?
This arrhythmia usually affects young women and uses two separate pathways in the bundle of HIS to sustain a fast tachycardia.
What is AVNRT?
This medications is the most commonly used Class 1C within our practice.
What is Flecainide?
When a new patient is referred for AF with documented arrhythmia but no other testing, this is the test or tests necessary to determine appropriate antiarrhythmic drug therapy.
What is a cardiac stress test and echo and kidney function?
This type of arrhythmia is characterized by an appearance of twisting, polymorphic VT. It can quickly degenerate into V Fib.
What is Torsades de Pointe?
This cardiac structure receives the electrical impulse from the atria then sends the signal to the ventricles
What is the AV node?
This class of medications can be used as first line treatment for SVT
What is a beta blocker?
In structural heart disease without HF, these are the 3 potential medications that can be used before amiodarone.
What are sotalol, dofetilide, and dronedarone?
If antiarrhythmic drug therapy has failed, this is the next therapy in patient's who wish to pursue rhythm control.
What is an catheter ablation?
This medication is given IV, is used to block the AV node and has a six second half life.
What is adenosine?
This structure is located in the left atrium and is known for harboring clots in A Fib patients due to blood stasis.
What is the Left Atrial Appendage?
This reciprocating tachycardia passes through the fibrous tissue located between the tricuspid valve and the IVC, an area known as the isthmus.
What is atrial flutter?
Flecainide acts on these channels in the heart.
What are the Na channels?
This was the large scale study that concluded patient's <75 years of age are more likely to benefit from catheter ablation than those >75 years of age.
What is the CABANA trial?
This syndrome is characterized by an extra electrical pathway that is usually present a birth but can cause rapid heart rates
What is Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome?
This is the electrical connection between the AV node and the Perkinje fibers
What is the HIS bundle?
This supraventricular tachycardia originates in the atria, may be either focal or multifocal, and may present with varying P wave morphology or varying PR intervals.
What is atrial tachycardia?
Xarelto, Eliquis, and Edoxaban are this factor inhibitor.
What is a Xa inhibitor?
These criteria help determine stroke risk.
What is the CHADVAS? Congestive HF, HTN, Age 65-74, Diabetes, Vascular disease, Age >75, and Female. New CHADVAS is a woman has to have 2 points other than being female to be considered at greater risk for stroke. However, if the woman has 2 points other than female they are considered to still have 3 points.
This condition is characterized by lengthened repolarization time of the ventricles.
What is Lon QT syndrome?
The four valves of the heart.
What are the tricuspid valve, pulmonic valve, mitral valve, and the aortic valve?
This procedure can often be curative for SVT.
What is ablation?
When longer term amiodarone is necessary, these are the appropriate yearly tests that need to be done.
What are Liver function panel, TSH with T4, CXR, PFTS, skin exam, and eye exam?
This type of ablation is the end rate control strategy.
What is an AVN ablation?
This complication can occur when a rise in esophageal temperatures manifests during ablation without corrective action. It can lead to sepsis and has a very high mortality rate.
What is atrioesophageal fistula?