Supraventricular Arrythmia Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• pwave: mat is defined as an irregular rhythm with 3 or more _ morphologies in a single lead
• copd: this comorbidity is found in 60-85% of patients with mat
• potassium: this electrolyte and magnesium level should be checked in the event of arrhythmia
• ischemia: this can perpetuate arrhythmia and must be ruled out in an initial work up
• syncope: many patients with bradyarrhythmia and tachyarrhythmia will present with this
• lungs: amiodarone has known toxicity to this organ(s)
• sicksinus: this syndrome includes episodes of bradycardia and afib with rvr
• tachycardia: this term describes a heart rate greater than 100b bpm
• svt: classically, a narrow complex arrhythmia with rate of 150bpm
• thyroid: this organ's function should be checked in the event of an arrhythmia
• wpw: short pr interval, widened qrs, and delta wave on ekg
• cardio version: intervention performed on a hemodynamically unstable patient with svt
• adenosine: medication used to treat svt or psvt
• pac: this ekg finding is produced by an ectopic focus that takes over for the sa node for one or more beats
• amiodarone: this drug can be used to pharmacologically convert afib with rvr to sinus
• vagal: these maneuvers can be used to break narrow complex svt
• atropine: this medication can be used in a patient with symptomatic bradycardia
• digoxin: this drug can be used to aide in rate control in a patient with afib
• tee: this ideally should be performed before cardioversion to assess for lv clot burden
• caffeine: this dietary substance can manifest tachycardia
• sixty: bradycardia is defined as a heart rate of _ or less.
• ablation: treatment for accessory pathways causing arrhythmia