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84 year-old woman from home with central chest pain following a fall. Background of hypertension and dyslipidaemia. ETA 20 minutes to your tertiary centre.
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Heart HQ: Happy New Year
Heart HQ - Episode 14: Happy New Year. As the year draws to a close, we reflect on the year that was and look ahead to a busy 2022.
Heart HQ: Christmas Heart Fun Facts
Heart HQ - Episode 13: Christmas! Fun Facts About the Heart. For example, did you know that more heart attacks occur on Christmas Day than any other day of the year? And that our heart beats around 100,000 times a day?
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
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
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
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (TCM) is a transient wall motion abnormality of the left ventricular apex associated with severe emotional or physical stress that usually resolves completely
Ultrasound Case 091
A 56 year old woman presents with chest pain and shortness of breath. Her ECG demonstrates widespread precordial ischaemic change.
ECG Case 083
63 yr old female who presented with a 3 day history of colicky right upper quadrant abdominal pain. She is normally fit and well and has no prior past medical history. Describe and interpret this ECG. LITFL Top 100 ECG
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 107
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 107 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Catecholamine excess, Beta Blockade and Critical Illness
Catecholamine excess, or 'sympathetic overload', may be harmful in critically ill patients, including those with septic shock. Catacholamine excess is associated with specific conditions such as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy