Herrman Blumgart
Herrman Ludwig Blumgart (1895-1977) was an American physician, cardiologist and pioneer of diagnostic nuclear medicine. Blumgart-Ernstene murmur (1933)
Category Cardiology
Ludwig Traube
Ludwig Traube (1818 - 1876) was a German physician. Traube space; Traube pulse (pulsus bigeminus); Traube sign; and Doppelton
Wide, Complex and Troublesome
A regular wide complex tachycardia. What is the role of adenosine in diagnosis and treatment? What are the other options?
Thomas Morgan Rotch
Thomas Morgan Rotch (1849-1914) was an American pediatrician. Rotch sign in pericardial effusion (1878) and Rotch pediatric incubator (1893)
William Francis Ganong
William Francis 'Fran' Ganong Jr. (1924 – 2007) was an American physiologist. Eponym: Lown-Ganong-Levine (1952)
Thomas Watson
Sir Thomas Watson (1792 - 1882) was an English physician. Remembered for his description of the palpable pulse of aortic regurgitation as likened to a Victorian toy, the water-hammer pulse in 1837
ECG Case 100
31 yr old female who is 5 days post-partum she was brought to the Emergency Department following a episode of collapse. Describe and interpret this ECG. LITFL Top 100 ECG
ECG Case 099
ECG from a 19 yr old referred by their GP for investigation of palpitations found at a routine medical review. The patient is asymptomatic with no past medical history or regular medications. Describe and interpret this ECG
ECG Case 098
23 yr old male bodybuilder presented following a 30 minute episode of non-exertional chest pain. Describe and interpret this ECG. LITFL Top 100 ECG
ECG Case 097
54 year old lady attends with 2 month history of 'chest flutterings'. Describe and interpret this ECG. LITFL Top 100 ECG
ECG Case 096
29 yr old male presents complaining of vomiting, dizziness and felling 'vague'. Describe and interpret this ECG. LITFL Top 100 ECG
ECG Case 094
A 73yr old female presents following an episode of syncope. She is on no medication. Describe and interpret this ECG. LITFL Top 100 ECG