Right Bundle Branch Block (RBBB)
Right Bundle Branch Block (RBBB) activation of the right ventricle is delayed as depolarisation spreads across septum from left ventricle.
Category Cardiology
Bazett formula
Bazett formula 'corrects' the measured QT interval to a value (QTc) attributable to a heart rate of 60 bpm. Thus providing a QT interval value that a particular patient would theoretically have if their heart rate was 60 beats/min
Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST)
Also known as primary sinus tachycardia, inappropriate sinus tachycardia (IST) is a generally benign condition that has a prevalence of ~1% in the general population
Samuel A. Levine
Samuel Albert Levine (1891-1966) Polish-American cardiologist. Eponym: Levine sign; Levine grading scale; Lown-Ganong-Levine
Bifascicular Block
Bifascicular block is the combination of RBBB with either LAFB or LPFB. Conduction to the ventricles is via the single remaining fascicle.
Osborn Wave (J Wave)
The Osborn wave or J wave is a positive deflection at the J point (negative in aVR and V1) LITFL ECG Library basic interpretation
AVNRT for two
Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT) is a type of SVT and is the commonest cause of palpitations in patients with hearts exhibiting no structurally abnormality.
Name that murmur
Eponymythology of named cardiac murmurs. Related eponyms, the person behind their origin, their relevance today, and modern terminology.
Heinrich Quincke
Heinrich Irenaeus Quincke (1842 - 1922) was a German physician. Quincke's name is eponymous with Quincke's pulse (1868), Quiuncke's oedema (1882), Quincke's achorion (1886), and Quincke's puncture (1891).
Mary Holt
Mary Clayton Holt (1924 - 1993) was an English cardiologist. Holt-Oram syndrome (1960)
Dickinson W. Richards
Dickinson Woodruff Richards, Jr. (1895 - 1973) Nobel Laureate and celebrated American Physician. Famously known for his work in development of cardiac catherisation and physiology with André Frédéric Cournand and Werner Theodore Otto Forßman.
André Frédéric Cournand
André Frédéric Cournand (1895 – 1988) was a French physician and physiologist. Awarded the Nobel Prize for detailing heart catheterization