Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) replaces the function of the heart and lungs while the heart is arrested to provide a bloodless, stable surgical field
Category Cardiology
Cardiac Arrest Management After Cardiac Surgery
Cardiac arrest occurs after 0.7 - 2.9% of cardiac surgery cases. Usually preceded by physiological deterioration but can occur in previously stable patients
Pulseless Electrical Activity
Pulseless electrical activity (PEA) occurs when organised or semi-organised electrical activity of the heart persists but the product of systemic vascular resistance and the increase in systemic arterial flow generated by the ejection of the left ventricular stroke volume is not sufficient to produce a clinically detectable pulse
Acute Pulmonary Hypertension: Causes
Causes of Acute Pulmonary Hypertension
Superior Vena Cava (SVC) Obstruction
Superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction impairs venous return through the SVC to the right atrium and has many causes, usually mediastinal masses or complications of SVC lines
Coarctation of Aorta
Coarctation of Aorta: congenital condition characterised by narrowing of the aorta near the site where the ductus arteriosus (ligamentum arteriosum after regression) inserts.
Tetralogy of Fallot
Tetralogy of Fallot: Large VSD; RV outflow tract obstruction; RV hypertrophy; and Overriding aorta
Alteplase (rtPA)
Alteplase is a tissue plasminogen activator used as a thrombolytic medication in: Acute Ischaemic Strokes, Acute Myocardial Infarction and PE
Intracardiac Masses Echocardiography
Intracardiac Masses Echocardiography
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Overview
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) or intra-aortic counterpulsation device the balloon is inflated during diastole to increase coronary perfusion and then deflated during systole to decrease afterload
Catecholamine excess, Beta Blockade and Critical Illness
Catecholamine excess, or 'sympathetic overload', may be harmful in critically ill patients, including those with septic shock. Catacholamine excess is associated with specific conditions such as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
Tenecteplase (TNK-tPA)
Tenecteplase is a tissue plasminogen activator used as a thrombolytic medication in: Acute Ischaemic Strokes, Acute Myocardial Infarction, PE