Kounis Syndrome
Acute Coronary Syndrome in the setting of allergic or anaphylactic reactions, usually secondary to allergic coronary vasospasm
Category Cardiology
ST depression does not localise
This review will change your approach to localised ST depression on the ECG, which on its own does not accurately localise ischaemia, and may be the first sign of subtle occlusion
Pre-excitation syndromes
Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome is a combination of the presence of a congenital accessory pathway and episodes of tachyarrhythmias
Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Tachycardia
A review of the ECG features of right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia (RVOT), a type of VT, with example ECGs.
Cardiac arrest system
A strong interdependent system of care can improve survival from out of hospital cardiac arrest, with Tony Walker ASM
Masquerading Bundle Branch Block (MBBB)
Mixed pattern of RBBB in precordial leads and LBBB in limb leads, with a higher rate of progression to complete heart block than typical bifascicular block
Augustus Desiré Waller
Augustus Desiré Waller (1856 – 1922) was a British physiologist who recorded the first ever electrocardiogram (ECG).
Bundgaard syndrome
Bundgaard et al introduced us in 2018 to "Familial ST-segment depression syndrome", a new cardiac arrhythmia syndrome predisposing to atrial fibrillation, VT, and sudden cardiac death.
“Benign” Early Repolarization Misnomer
In 2008, Haïssaguerre et al challenged the well-embedded term "benign" early repolarization by demonstrating a link between this familiar ECG pattern and idiopathic VF arrest
Aslanger Pattern: Another OMI?
Aslanger et al identified a specific ECG pattern concerning for acute inferior occlusion MI in patients with concomitant multi-vessel disease, that does not display contiguous ST-segment elevation or fulfil STEMI criteria
Dressler beat
Dressler beat: Specifically a 'ventricular fusion beat' in the presence of paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia. Wide complex tachycardia with VT
Spodick sign
Spodick Sign: Stage I Pericarditis, a downsloping of the TP line. Described 1974 by American Cardiologist, David H Spodick (1927 – 2019)