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WIDE QRS TACHYCARDIA - BEDSIDE DIAGNOSIS

WIDE QRS TACHYCARDIA - BEDSIDE DIAGNOSIS. Dr.K.Chandrasekaran.MD.DM Interventional cardiologist and Cardiac Electrophysiologist. CLASSIFICATION OF TACHYCARDIAS WITH A BROAD QRS COMPLEX. SVT WITH BBB ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA ATRIAL FLUTTER ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

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WIDE QRS TACHYCARDIA - BEDSIDE DIAGNOSIS

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  1. WIDE QRS TACHYCARDIA - BEDSIDE DIAGNOSIS Dr.K.Chandrasekaran.MD.DM Interventional cardiologist and Cardiac Electrophysiologist

  2. CLASSIFICATION OF TACHYCARDIAS WITH A BROAD QRS COMPLEX • SVT WITH BBB • ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA • ATRIAL FLUTTER • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION • AV NODAL RE-ENTRANT TACHYCARDIA • CMT WITH AV CONDUCTION OVER AV NODE AND VA CONDUCTION OVER ACC PATHWAY

  3. SVT WITH AV CONDUCTION OVER ACC PATHWAY • ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA • ATRIAL FLUTTER • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION • AV NODAL RE-ENTRANT TACHYCARDIA

  4. Antidromic circus movement tachycardia using an accessory pathway in the antegrade direction and AV Node or another acc pathway in the retrograde direction • AV Reentry tachycardia using a Mahaim fibre in the antegrade direction and AV Node or another acc pathway in the retrograde direction

  5. VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA

  6. VT Regular SVT with BBB SVT with AV conduction Over accessory pathway

  7. BBB AF Accessory Pathway Irregular PMVT with Normal QT PMVT with long QT

  8. THE ECG DIAGNOSIS • IMPORTANCE OF AV DISSOCIATION • AVD HALLMARK OF VT . • VA CONDUCTION DURING SLOW VT. • P WAVES CAN BE DIFFICULT TO RECOGNISE • NON ECG SIGNS • FUSION CAPTURE BEATS • AVD IN AVJT WITH BBB AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY OR DURING DIG INTOXICATION

  9. A 47 year old man with a long history of palpitations and blackouts.

  10. A 23 year old male with palpitations

  11. WIDTH OF QRS COMPLEX • SITE OF ORIGIN OF VT • ORIGIN IN THE LATERALFREE WALL  VERY WIDE QRS ( SEQUENTIAL ACTIVATION OF THE VENTRICLES) • ORIGIN IN OR CLOSE TO THE IVS  NARROWER QRS ( SIMULTANEOUS ACTIVATION OF THE VENTRICLES ) • SCAR TISSUE , VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY AND MUSCULAR DISARRAY • QRS WIDTH > 0.14 SECS IN RBBB TACHYCARDIAS AND > 0.16 SECS IN LBBB TACHYCARDIAS  ARGUES FOR A VT.

  12. WIDTH OF QRS COMPLEX • SVT WITH QRS WIDTH > 0.14 SECS (RBBB) OR > 0.16 SECS (LBBB) IN THREE CONDITIONS: • IN THE PRESENCE OF BBB IN THE ELDERLY WITH FIBROSIS IN THE BB SYSTEM AND VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIUM • DURING SVT WITH AV CONDUCTION OVER AN ACCESSORY AV PATHWAY • WHEN CLASS 1 C DRUGS ARE PRESENT DURING SVT

  13. QRS AXIS IN THE FRONTAL PLANE • SUPERIOR AXIS  VT ORIGIN IN THE APICAL PART OF THE VENTRICLE. • RBBB SHAPED QRS + SUPERIOR AXIS  VT • INFERIOR AXIS  VT ORIGIN IN THE BASAL VENTRICLE. • LBBB SHAPED QRS + INFERIOR AXIS VT

  14. CONFIGURATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE QRS COMPLEX • RBBB SHAPED TACHYCARDIA qR OR R IN VI  VT rSR PATTERN IN VI  SVT R/S RATIO < 1 IN V6  VT R/S RATIO < 1 IN V6 TYPICALLY FOUND WITH LEFT AXIS DEVIATION. WITH INFERIOR AXIS V6 OFTEN SHOWS R/S RATIO > 1 qRS in V6 with R/S in V6 >1 ---- SVT

  15. CONFIGURATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE QRS COMPLEX • LBBB SHAPED VT • V1,V2 SHOW INITIAL POSITIVE QRS ( r wave)> 30 mSecs, • SLURRING / NOTCHING OF THE DOWN STROKE OF THE S-WAVE, • AN INTERVAL BETWEEN THE BEGENNING OF QRS AND THE NADIR OF THE S-WAVE OF 70 msecs . • qR PATTERN IN V6  VT IS MORE LIKELY

  16. CONFIGURATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE QRS COMPLEX • SVT WITH LBBB • V1 SHOWS NO OR MINIMAL INITIAL POSITIVITY, • A VERY RAPID DOWNSTROKE OF THE SWAVE • A SHORT INTERVAL BETWEEN THE BEGENNING OF THE QRS AND THE NADIR OF THE SWAVE

  17. INTERVAL ONSET QRS TO NADIR OF SWAVE IN PRECORDIAL LEADS • RS INTERVAL > 100 msecs IN 1 OR MORE PRECORDIAL LEADS VT • DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS • SVT WITH AV CONDUCTION OVER AN ACC PATHWAY, • SVT DURING ADMINISTRATION OF DRUGS LIKE FLECAINIDE. • IN SVT WITH PRE-EXISTENT BBB.

  18. CONCORDANT PATTERN • NEGATIVE CONCORDANCY VT ARISING IN THE APICAL AREA • POSITIVE CONCORDANCY VT ARISING IN THE LEFT POSTERIOR WALL OR TACHYCARDIAS USING A LEFT POSTERIOR ACC PATHWAY FOR AV CONDUCTION

  19. TACHYCARDIA QRS MORE NARROW THAN SINUS QRS • NARROW QRS DURING TACHYCARDIA THAN DURING SINUS RHYTHM  VT ORIGIN CLOSE TO IVS

  20. PRESENCE OF QR COMPLEXES • QR DURING WIDE QRS TACHYCARDIA INDICATES A SCAR IN THE MYOCARDIUM • QR COMPLEX DURING VT IN 40% OF VTs AFTER MI

  21. RVOT VT • IDIOPATHIC VT ARISING FROM RVOT • 3 PATTERNS. • QRS AXIS + 70 AND LEAD 1 SHOWS A POSITIVE QRS  ORIGIN OF VT IN THE LATERAL PART OF RVOT • INFERIOR QRS AXIS, QRS NEGATIVE IN LEAD 1  VT ORIGIN ON THE SEPTAL SIDE IN THE RVOT • INFERIOR QRS AXIS, NEGATIVE QRS IN LEAD 1 & V1,V2 SHOWING INITIAL POSITIVITY OF THE QRS  EPICARDIAL ORIGIN OF VT BETWEEN THE ROOT OF THE AORTA AND THE POSTERIOR PART OF THE RVOT .

  22. IDIOPATHIC LEFT VT • LEFT AXIS DEVIATION  ORIGIN OF THE VT IS IN OR CLOSE TO THE POSTERIOR FASCICLE OF THE LBB • FURTHER LEFTWARD QRS AXIS (NORTH-WEST AXIS) ORIGIN OF VT MORE ANTERIORLY CLOSE TO THE IVS • INFERIOR QRS AXIS VT ORIGIN IN THE ANTERIOR FASCICLE OF THE LBB

  23. ARVD • 3 PREDILECTION SITES IN THE RV THE INFLOW THE OUTFLOW THE APEX • LEFT AXIS DEVIATION IN A YOUNG PERSON WITH LBBB SHAPED VT ARVD

  24. BBRT • WHEN THE BROAD QRS IS IDENTICAL DURING TACHYCARDIA AND SINUS RHYTHM BBRT OR SVT WITH PRE-EXISTENT BBB • BBRT OCCUR IN PATIENTS WITH ASMI, DCMY, MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY, AFTER AORTIC VALVE SURGERY

  25. VALUE OF ECG DURING SINUS RHYTHM • ECG DURING SINUS RHYTHM MAY SHOW PRE-EXISTENT BBB, VENTRICULAR PRE-EXCITATION OR AN OLD MI • PRESENCE OF AV CONDUCTION DISTURBANCES DURING SINUS RHYTHM  VERY UNLIKELY THAT A BROAD QRS TACHYCARDIA IN THAT PATIENT HAS A SUPRAVENTRICULAR ORIGIN

  26. Emergency Approach – Wide QRS Tachycardia • Do not panic when confronted with WCT • Obtain a 12 Lead ECG

  27. If Hemodynamically Unstable • Carrdiovert • Obtain a history • Examine the pre and post cardioversion ECG’S to determine the etiology of the arrhythmia

  28. If Hemodynamically Stable • Examine the patient for clinical signs of AVD • Systematically evaluate the 12 Lead ECG • Obtain a history

  29. If Ventricular Tachycardia • Give Procainamide 10mg/kg IV bolus over 5 minutes • If Ischemia related – Give Lidocaine • If unsuccessful, Cardiovert • Examine the ECG during VT and during sinus rhythm to determine the etiology of the arrhythmia

  30. If SVT with aberration • Vagal stimulation. If unsuccessful, • Adenosine 6 mg rapid IV bolus. If unsuccessful, • Give 12 mg rapid IV bolus. May be repeated once. If unavailable , • Verapamil 10 mg IV over 3 minutes, reduce to 5 mg if the patient is on beta blocker or hypotensive. If unsuccessful, • Procainamide 10 mg/kg IV over 5 minutes. If unsuccessful, • Cardiovert

  31. Examine SVT and post- conversion ECG’s to determine the mechanism • If in doubt, do not give verapamil, give IV Procainamide • If irregular, Do not give AV nodal blocking drugs like BB, CCB, Adenosine or Digitalis • Give Procainamide IV or Amiodarone or Propafenone

  32. Polymorphic VT with Normal QT • Most frequently caused by Acute ischemia or MI • Poorly tolerated • Tends to degenerate into VF quickly • Rarely it is caused by ARVD, IPMVT (short coupled variant of TDP) or familial catecholaminergic PMVT

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