Heart HQ: Diet and Heart Health
Heart HQ - Episode 11: Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Closure. The LAA is a small thumb-sized pouch near the top of your heart. In AF, an LAA closure procedure may be an alternative to lifelong anticoagulation
Category Cardiology
Heart HQ: LAA Closure
Heart HQ - Episode 11: Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Closure. The LAA is a small thumb-sized pouch near the top of your heart. In AF, an LAA closure procedure may be an alternative to lifelong anticoagulation
Willem Einthoven
Willem Einthoven (1860 – 1927) was a Dutch physician and physiologist. Invented the first practical electrocardiogram (ECG) in 1903
Heart HQ: DAPT and surgery
Heart HQ - Episode 10: Dual Antiplatelet Therapy, Anticoagulants and Surgery in patients with previous cardiac stents or acute coronary syndrome
Heart HQ: Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
Heart HQ - Episode 9: Takotsubo and Perioperative Risk Assessment. Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy often occurs after severe emotional or physical stress
Claude Beck
Claude Schaeffer Beck (1894-1971) was an American Cardiac Surgeon. Described two cardiac compression triads (1935); first successful use of a defibrillator on a human (1947)
Heart HQ: Coronary Artery Anomalies
Heart HQ - Episode 8: Coronary Artery Anomalies and HRT. There are many different types of coronary artery anomalies such as an inter-arterial course and a coronary artery fistula
Network Five: ECMO
Network Five Emergency Medicine Journal Club Episode 4 - ECMO: Review of DOSE VF, setting up an ECMO service, and D-dimer
Heart HQ: Aspirin and Aortic Valves
Heart HQ - Episode 7: Aspirin as Primary Prevention and Bicuspid Aortic Valves
Network Five: Cardiology
Network Five Emergency Medicine Journal Club Episode 2 - Cardiology: role of coronary angio post cardiac arrest, Ticagrelor and Prasugrel
Atrial fibrillation/flutter in pre-excitation
In patients with AF and pre-excitation, the presence of an accessory pathway allows for rapid AV conduction, with a risk of degeneration into VT and VF
Atrioventricular Re-entry Tachycardia (AVRT)
Tachyarrhythmia that occurs in patients with accessory pathways, due to formation of a re-entry circuit between the AV node and accessory pathway