ST Elevation in aVR
ST elevation in aVR indicates subendocardial ischaemia due to O2 supply/demand mismatch - causes can be cardiac and non-cardiac
Category Cardiology
Sgarbossa Criteria
Myocardial infarction diagnosis in the presence of left bundle branch block (LBBB) or ventricular paced rhythm. Sgarbossa Criteria
Idiopathic Fascicular Left Ventricular Tachycardia
ECG features of Idiopathic Fascicular Ventricular Tachycardia. AKA Belhassen-type VT, verapamil-sensitive VT or infrafascicular tachycardia.
ECG Findings in Massive Pericardial Effusion
Massive pericardial effusion produces a characteristic ECG triad of low QRS voltage, tachycardia, and electrical alternans. LITFL ECG Library
Thomas Hodgkin
Thomas Hodgkin (1798 – 1866) was an English physician and pathologist. Eponym: Hodgkin disease (1832); Key-Hodgkin murmur (1827)
Camillo Bozzolo
Camillo Bozzolo (1845-1920) was an Italian pathologist and physician. Bozzolo sign (1887) Visible pulsation of the arteries within the nasal mucosa.
Giulio Ceradini
Giulio Ceradini (1844 - 1894) was an Italian physiologist. illustrated the mechanism of closure of the semilunar valves
Angelo Mosso
Angelo Mosso (1846-1910) was an Italian physiologist, archaeologist, politician, mountain climber and teacher.
George A. Gibson
George Alexander Gibson (1854 – 1913) was a Scottish physician. Eponymously affiliated with the Gibson murmur (1906)
Ottomar Rosenbach
Ottomar Ernst Felix Rosenbach (1851 - 1907) was a German physician. Rosenbach sign of aortic regurgitation (1878), Rosenbach sign of autoimmune hyperthyroidism, Rosenbach-Semon Law (1880), and Rosenbach test (1880).
Still’s murmur
Still's Murmur ejection systolic murmur first described in 1909 by English pediatrician Sir George Frederic Still KCVO (1868 – 1941)
George Frederic Still
Sir George Frederic Still (1868-1941) English paediatrician. Described as the 'father of British paediatrics'. Still's disease, Still's murmur