Mayo Clinic Arrhythmia Exam Questions and Answers All Correct
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Mayo Clinic Arrhythmia Exam Questions and Answers All Correct
What is the definition of POTS? - Answer-Increase in HR > 30 bpm moving from recumbent to a standing position.
Absence of orthostatic HOTN. (>20 mm Hg SBP drop)
What are the 2 types of Carotid Sinus Syndrome? - Answer-- Card...
Mayo Clinic Arrhythmia Exam Questions
and Answers All Correct
What is the definition of POTS? - Answer-Increase in HR > 30 bpm moving from
recumbent to a standing position.
Absence of orthostatic HOTN. (>20 mm Hg SBP drop)
What are the 2 types of Carotid Sinus Syndrome? - Answer-- Cardioinhibitory: Dual
Chamber Pacing & Anticholinergics.
- Vasodepressor: Midodrine, Fludrocortisone, SSRI.
PPM for VVS? - Answer-Might be reasonable in a select population of pts who are:
- > 40 years of age
- Prolonged spontaneous pauses.
When are beta-blockers reasonable in patients with recurrent VVS (i.e., what age)? -
Answer->/= 42 years old
When is it reasonable to start Fludrocortisone in recurrent VVS? - Answer-- Start at 0.1-
0.2 mg in normotensive patients.
- Wait at least 2 weeks before deciding to stop.
What is the indication for Midodrine in VVS? - Answer-Patients with recurrent VVS with
no history of HTN, CHF, or urinary retention.
When is an ICD indicated in Long QT Syndrome? - Answer-High risk features:
1. QTC > 500
2. LQT2; LQT3
3. LQT2 females
4. <40 years old
---PPM/ICD/CRT Lecture---
Dx: no energy delivery - indicated by inappropriate absence of pacing (usually due to V
oversensing or circuit interruption)? - Answer-Failure of output.
Dx: failure to recognize and act on native cardiac P wave or QRS? - Answer-
Undersensing.
Dx: abnormal pacing inhibition of triggering from undesired sensing? - Answer-
Oversensing.
, What are the causes of *Undersensing*? - Answer-Lead dislodgement; lead failure;
altered cardiac potentials.
What are the causes of *Oversensing*? - Answer-Cardiac potentials; hardware noises;
myopotentials; EMB.
Idiopathic VT is suppressed by? - Answer-BB
CCB
Adenosine
Dx: Inferior axis + LBBB in ectopy? - Answer-RVOT VT
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