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TEE Essentials: Assessment of the aortic valve

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The team at Medmastery are providing LITFL readers with a series of FOAMed courses from across their website. Transesophageal Echocardiography Essentials course with consultant cardiologist Andrew R. Houghton. By the end of the lesson, participants will have learned about the anatomy of the aortic valve with reference to TEE imaging. Further Reading How to use […]

Second-degree Atrioventricular block

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Eponymythology: Second degree AV block Eponyms can be confusing and open to misinterpretation. By plotting the historical course of their folksonomic semantic derivation we gain a deeper understanding of the condition, the authors and the eponym. We review the early development of arrhythmia recording and the contributions of Luciani, Galabin, Gaskell, Wenckebach, Hay and Mobitz […]

TEE Essentials: Assessment of the mitral valve

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The team at Medmastery are providing LITFL readers with a series of FOAMed courses from across their website. Transesophageal Echocardiography Essentials course with consultant cardiologist Andrew R. Houghton. By the end of the lesson, participants will have learned about the anatomy of the mitral valve with reference to TEE imaging. Further Reading How to use […]

TEE Essentials: Assessment of the left ventricle

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The team at Medmastery are providing LITFL readers with a series of FOAMed courses from across their website. Transesophageal Echocardiography Essentials course with consultant cardiologist Andrew R. Houghton. By the end of the lesson, participants will have learned how to obtain the mid-esophageal 4-chamber view of the LV, and use it to assess LV function and […]

Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome

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Description Congenital (autosomal recessive) long QT syndrome (LQTS) *Associated with severe, bilateral sensorineural hearing loss.Two genetic mutations identified encoding cardiac potassium channels.Due to high risk of sudden cardiac death ICD implantation is usually required Long QT Syndrome History 1856 – Friedrich Ludwig Meissner a German obstetrician and paediatrician described the sudden death of deaf girl. […]