Circulation Assessment
Basic summary of Circulation Assessment
Category Cardiology
Cement implantation syndrome
Cement implantation syndrome: embolism of fat, bone, marrow, clot, blood and methylmethacrylate; potentially leading to cardiovascular collapse
Cardioversion in ICU
Cardioversion in ICU: cardioversion is the delivery of electrical energy that is synchronised with the QRS complex in an attempt to revert an abnormal rhythm
Cardiovascular Physiology Overview
Cardiovascular Physiology Overview: summary of cardiac muscle, electrical properties, haemodynamics and blood supply
Cardiovascular Performance Assessment
Cardiovascular Performance Assessment: Summary of cardiovascular performance assessment, primarily in the peri-operative setting
Cardiogenic Shock Literature Summaries
Cardiogenic Shock Literature: early revascularisation and the
intra-aortic balloon pump IABP
Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy
Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy = the restoration of ventricular co-ordination by means of an implanted cardiac resynchronization device.
Woldemar Mobitz
Woldemar Mobitz (1889-1951) was a Russian-German physician. Applied mathematical approach to arrhythmias 1924 Mobitz Type I and II AV Block
Emanuel Libman
Emanuel Libman (1872 - 1946) was an American physician. 1924 - Along with his student Benjamin Sacks, defined atypical verrucous valvular lesions in patients with SLE (Libman–Sacks endocarditis)
Ashman Phenomenon
Ashman phenomenon (1947) aberrant ventricular conduction, usually of RBBB morphology, which follows a short RR interval and preceeded by a relatively prolonged RR interval.
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Libman-Sacks endocarditis
Libman-Sacks endocarditis, characterized by sterile, verrucous valvular lesions (Libman-Sacks vegetations) with a predisposition for the mitral and aortic valves.