Nebulised GTN in the ED
Nebulised GTN in the ED. Case study and review of dose, administration and indication for GTN nebuliser administration
Category Cardiology
Naxos disease
Naxos disease: a recessively inherited condition with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/ cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) non-epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma, and woolly hair
Sylvester McGinn
Biography Medical Eponyms McGinn-White pattern (1935) SI QIII TIII pattern on ECG representing right heart strain in an acute pulmonary embolism. McGinn and White first described the so-called S1Q3T3 pattern in five patients with acute cor pulmonale secondary to pulmonary embolism. (1)The…
Austin Flint Murmur
Austin Flint Murmur: Mid diastolic, low pitch rumble heard best at the apex. Absence of opening snap/loud S1 distinguishes from that of mitral stenosis
AI Tools for Learning
AI Tools for Learning - a review of a selection of tools - which ones work and which ones don’t, plus, the future of AI-assisted learning
How to Make a Medical Podcast Using AI (Part 2)
The original hope was that using AI might allow us to create a single podcast episode in one afternoon. But things didn’t go quite the way we planned.
Making a Medical Podcast Using AI
AI can work for Spotify's music DJ, so we wondered if it can also work for a cardiology podcast intended for clinicians. Here are the pros and cons we discovered.
Ultrasound Case 111
A 45 year old woman with chronic alcoholic liver disease presents to the ED with exertional dyspnoea and is noted to have a SpO2 of 90% at rest despite having a normal chest examination and CXR.
Lauder Brunton
Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton (1844-1916) was a Scottish physician
CT Case 006
Cath lab activation for a 65yo male with sudden onset central crushing chest pain and some lower back pain with a STEMI pattern on ECG.
CXR Essentials: The Failing Heart
Julian Dobranowsk Medmastery help identify the features of cardiac failure on the chest X-ray. Evaluation of the three stages of failure
Pacemaker Essentials: Troubleshooting with vectors
Pacemakers and the ECG: Learn to recognize failure to capture on an ECG or rhythm strip. Medmastery pacemeker essentials