ST Elevation in aVR
ST elevation in aVR indicates subendocardial ischaemia due to O2 supply/demand mismatch - causes can be cardiac and non-cardiac
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Sgarbossa Criteria
Myocardial infarction diagnosis in the presence of left bundle branch block (LBBB) or ventricular paced rhythm. Sgarbossa Criteria
Idiopathic Fascicular Left Ventricular Tachycardia
ECG features of Idiopathic Fascicular Ventricular Tachycardia. AKA Belhassen-type VT, verapamil-sensitive VT or infrafascicular tachycardia.
ECG Findings in Massive Pericardial Effusion
Massive pericardial effusion produces a characteristic ECG triad of low QRS voltage, tachycardia, and electrical alternans. LITFL ECG Library
De Quervain disease
De Quervain described chronic tenosynovitis thickening the tendon sheath of the abductor muscle of the thumb and of the extensor short muscle of the thumb.
Fritz de Quervain
Fritz de Quervain (1868 – 1940) was an Swiss surgeon. He described the chronic tendonitis that bears his name (De Quervain disease)
Pediatric CXR Cases 013
July 2020 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Chest X-ray interpretation with Lizz Olson, MD and Kendra Jackson, MD
Abdominal Imaging Cases 009
July 2020 Adult Abdominal imaging cases and interpretation with Michael Avery; Joshua Davis; and Kelsey Lena and Kyle Cunningham, MD
John B. Murphy
John Benjamin Murphy (1857-1916) was an American physician and abdominal surgeon. Eponymously remembered for Murphy’s Sign (...but not as you know it); Murphy's triad; Murphy's punch test and many more
Paul Langerhans
Paul Wilhelm Heinrich Langerhans (1847 - 1888) was a German pathologist, physiologist and biologist. Langerhans cell (1868) of the immune system, and islets of Langerhans (1869) in the pancreas
Wynne-Davies Ligamentous Laxity
Wynne-Davies Ligamentous Laxity Criteria (1970) by Edinburgh orthopedic surgeon Ruth Wynne-Davies (1926 - 2012)
Mallampati Score
The Mallampati Score is a grading system based on the visualisation of the pharyngeal structures during laryngoscopy.