Temporary Transvenous Cardiac Pacing
Temporary Transvenous Cardiac Pacing: emergency pacing via an intravenous device; life-threatening or unstable bradyarrhythmia
Category Cardiology
Temporary Epicardial Cardiac Pacing
Epicardial Cardiac Pacing: the usual means of cardiac pacing following cardiac surgery
Discrepancies between NIBP and Arterial Pressure
Discrepancies between NIBP and Arterial Pressure
Signs of Tetralogy of Fallot
Tetralogy of Fallot; cyanotic congenital heart disease
Infective Endocarditis
infective endocarditis is a disease characterised by inflammation of the endocardium, typically affecting the heart valves and usually caused by infection and can be acute, subacute or chronic
Signs of Aortic Regurgitation
Signs of Aortic Regurgitation
Heart Sound Abnormalities
S1 Loud MV or TV open long -> shuts forcefully MS increased HR short AV conduction Soft first degree HB LBBB MR Splitting RBBB S2 Loud HT AS PHT Soft AS AR Splitting increased normal splitting (wider on inspiration): RBBB,…
No Radial Pulse
Your patient's finger tips have turned blue, and the paramedics are unable palpate a radial pulse.... "Is he in cardiogenic shock?" could this be Raynaud's phenomenon
Nikolay Sergeevich Korotkov
Nikolay Sergeevich Korotkov (Николай Сергеевич Коротков) (1874 – 1920) was a Russian surgeon.
Scipione Riva-Rocci
Scipione Riva-Rocci (1863-1937) was an Italian physician and paediatrician. Riva-Rocci introduced the upper arm cuff to measure systolic blood pressure
Tintinalli Cardiovascular MCQs
Tintinalli Cardiovascular multiple choice questions MCQs for ACEM Fellowship
Percutaneous Valve Replacement
Leon MB et al. Transcatheter aortic-valve implantation for aortic stenosis in patients who cannot undergo surgery. N Engl J Med. 2010 Oct 21;363(17):1597-607 [PMID 20961243] 30% of patients with AS can’t under go surgery c/o co-morbidity TAVI developed, first performed…