Crochetage sign
Characteristic R wave notching seen in inferior leads in a large proportion of patients with ostium secundum ASD
Category Cardiology
Heart HQ: Chest Pain
Heart HQ - Episode 23: Chest pain can be common and has a range of different causes. Tune in to find out more about the different diagnoses and what tests and treatment need to occur.
Heinrich Quincke
Heinrich Irenaeus Quincke (1842 - 1922) was a German physician. Quincke's name is eponymous with Quincke's pulse (1868), Quiuncke's oedema (1882), Quincke's achorion (1886), and Quincke's puncture (1891).
Heart HQ: Left Bundle Branch Block
Heart HQ - Episode 22: Left Bundle Branch Block. what is it, how frequent is it, is it dangerous?
Heart HQ: Right Bundle Branch Block
Heart HQ - Episode 21: Right Bundle Branch Block is when the normal electrical conduction activity in the heart is interrupted to the right ventricle. It can be diagnosed by the characteristic pattern it has on an ECG.
Heart HQ: Pericarditis
Heart HQ - Episode 20: Pericarditis is the swelling of the membrane around the heart. We discuss a recent case study of acute pericarditis following a respiratory tract infection.
Heart HQ: Atrial fibrillation
Heart HQ - Episode 19: Atrial fibrillation, the most common cardiac arrhythmia that we see in our patients. In this podcast, we explain the different types of AF
Lewis lead
The Lewis lead configuration can help to detect atrial activity and its relationship to ventricular activity. Named after Welsh cardiologist Sir Thomas Lewis (1881-1945) who first described in 1913.
Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome
Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome is a combination of the presence of a congenital accessory pathway and episodes of tachyarrhythmia.
Fontaine lead
Fontaine bipolar precordial leads (F-ECG) are used to increase the sensitivity of epsilon wave detection, characteristic of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD/C)
Heart HQ: Pacemakers and Syncope
Heart HQ - Episode 18: Pacemakers and Syncope. Which types of patients who would benefit from one - and when is a pacemaker not needed.
Schamroth sign
Schamroth sign. Simple sign to determine the presence of finger clubbing. One of the earliest signs of clubbing is obliteration of the Schamroth 'window'.