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Levosimendan (Simdax, Simendan) in acute heart failure

…at 2 6 weeks intervals, or more frequently, as individually appropriate. 3 Important study: Milrinone as Compared with Dobutamine in the Treatment of Cardiogenic Shock…

Cardiovascular effects of COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019)

…most important risk factors for poor outcomes. The vast majority of infections with COVID 19 result in mild disease, with symptoms similar to seasonal flu…

Anthropometric measurements

…conceal sarcopenia), in oedema and ascites, and in people under 18 years of age, where iso BMI or percentile charts should be used. Waist circumference…

Common laboratory tests

…half life about 19 h ESR Women < 20, men < 15 mm/h Rises slowly; raised by anaemia, age and pregnancy Procalcitonin < 0…

🟠 Right ventricle, pulmonary artery, pulmonary artery pressure

…32 33–37 38 RV systolic area, cm2 7.5–16 17–19 20–22 23 RV fractional area change, % 32–60 25–31 18…

Anticoagulation Strategies in Atrial Fibrillation

…systole. Transesophageal echocardiography and surgical pathology demonstrate that over 90% of thrombi in non valvular AF originate within this specific anatomical cul de sac [19] …

Paediatric and neonatal ECG interpretation

…Method of interpretation Heart rate Heart rhythm The P wave The PR interval The QRS complex The ST segment The T wave The U wave…

🟠 Left ventricular dimension and systolic function

…LV systolic volume, mL 19–49 50–59 60–69 70 22–58 59–70 71–82 83 LV systolic volume/BSA, mL/m 2…

🟠 Mitral valve

…Gonzalo; Baumgartner, Helmut et al. (2012): Guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease (version 2012). In European heart journal 33 (19), pp. 2451–2496…

🟠 Reference values for pediatric and neonatal ECG

…27 (14) 5–27 (15) 3–25 (13) 3–22 (11) 3–19 (10) 3–20 (10) 2–20 (9) 3–18 (9) 2–18…

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