Palpitations
🚨 Life-Threatening — exclude first
If suspected, escalate now.
Ventricular Tachycardia
SVT with Instability
Fast AF with Haemodynamic Compromise
Long QT / Torsades
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Dangerous Causes Causes
VTSVT with instabilityAF with haemodynamic compromiseLong QT / TorsadesComplete Heart Block
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Cardiac Causes
AF / FlutterSVTEctopicsIschaemiaStructural heart disease
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Metabolic Causes
HyperthyroidismAnaemiaElectrolyte disturbance (K+, Mg2+)Hypoglycaemia
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Other Causes
Anxiety / PanicCaffeine, alcohol, stimulantsSepsisPain