Tachyarrhythmias and the mechanism of arrhythmias, Supraventricular tachycardias (SVT), Preexcitation syndromes (Wolf Parkinson White syndrome), Ventricular tachycardia (VT), Arial fibrillation and flutter, Treatment of atrial fibrillation and flutter.
What you'll learn
- Understand the basic electrophysiology of cardiac action potentials and mechanisms of tachyarrhythmias.
- Explain how abnormal automaticity, triggered activity, and re-entry lead to arrhythmia generation.
- Systematically analyze tachycardia ECGs using rate, rhythm, QRS width, and regularity.
- Recognize and differentiate supraventricular tachycardias (SVT) on ECG.
- Understand the mechanism and ECG features of pre-excitation syndromes, including Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome.
- Accurately diagnose atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter and understand their electrophysiologic differences.
- Recognize ventricular tachycardia and distinguish it from SVT with aberrancy.
- Diagnose premature atrial contractions (PACs), premature ventricular contractions (PVCs), and non-sustained ventricular tachycardia.
- Correlate ECG findings with clinical presentation and prognosis.
- Apply guideline-based management principles for tachyarrhythmias, including acute and chronic treatment strategies.
