Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD)
SCAD -- an underrecognised cause of ACS in the "low risk" young female patient. Management differs to atherosclerotic MI, with conservative therapy the mainstay.
Category Cardiology
Heart HQ: Christmas Heart Fun Facts
Heart HQ - Episode 13: Christmas! Fun Facts About the Heart. For example, did you know that more heart attacks occur on Christmas Day than any other day of the year? And that our heart beats around 100,000 times a day?
Network Five: Pulmonary embolism
Network Five Emergency Medicine Journal Club Episode 11 - Pulmonary embolism with PERT teams, YEARS and the RELAX-PE studies
Heart HQ: Diet and Heart Health
Heart HQ - Episode 11: Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Closure. The LAA is a small thumb-sized pouch near the top of your heart. In AF, an LAA closure procedure may be an alternative to lifelong anticoagulation
Heart HQ: LAA Closure
Heart HQ - Episode 11: Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Closure. The LAA is a small thumb-sized pouch near the top of your heart. In AF, an LAA closure procedure may be an alternative to lifelong anticoagulation
Willem Einthoven
Willem Einthoven (1860 – 1927) was a Dutch physician and physiologist. Invented the first practical electrocardiogram (ECG) in 1903
Heart HQ: DAPT and surgery
Heart HQ - Episode 10: Dual Antiplatelet Therapy, Anticoagulants and Surgery in patients with previous cardiac stents or acute coronary syndrome
Heart HQ: Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
Heart HQ - Episode 9: Takotsubo and Perioperative Risk Assessment. Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy often occurs after severe emotional or physical stress
Claude Beck
Claude Schaeffer Beck (1894-1971) was an American Cardiac Surgeon. Described two cardiac compression triads (1935); first successful use of a defibrillator on a human (1947)
Heart HQ: Coronary Artery Anomalies
Heart HQ - Episode 8: Coronary Artery Anomalies and HRT. There are many different types of coronary artery anomalies such as an inter-arterial course and a coronary artery fistula
Network Five: ECMO
Network Five Emergency Medicine Journal Club Episode 4 - ECMO: Review of DOSE VF, setting up an ECMO service, and D-dimer
Heart HQ: Aspirin and Aortic Valves
Heart HQ - Episode 7: Aspirin as Primary Prevention and Bicuspid Aortic Valves