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🟠 Adjusted aortic root dimension

…SOVd} = 1.92 + 0.74 \times \text{BSA} ) Definition of aortic aneurysm Sinus of Valsalva 45 mm. Any other segment 40 mm in diameter…

Acute Limb Ischaemia: Recognition and Urgent Management

…and venous filling may be reduced. Other possible findings include muscle stiffening and loss of deep tendon reflexes. Pulses are absent distal to the obstruction…

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening and Surveillance

…describes approximately a four fold greater risk. This difference informs the use of sex specific surveillance and repair thresholds. Clinical Presentation and Symptoms Most AAAs…

Cardiac thromboembolism: cardiac sources of embolism

…Left ventricular aneurysm with thrombus Cardiomyopathies Valve prosthesis Devices (pacemaker, ICD CRT) Endocarditis Cardiac tumors Atherosclerosis of the aorta LOW EMBOLIC POTENTIAL SEP (Spontaneous Echocardiographic…

Pulmonary stenosis

…the pulmonary outflow. Aortic aneurysm : Aortic aneurysms may compresses the RVOT. Echocardiography in pulmonic stenosis In the setting of pulmonary valve stenosis, the pressure in…

Spirometry

…An aortic aneurysm 6 cm Relative — avoid forced manoeuvres An ongoing respiratory infection with a risk of transmission Until symptom free Haemoptysis of unclear cause…

Massive haemorrhage and transfusion: quick reference

…aortic aneurysm or another major vascular bleed. Perioperative bleeding that rapidly fills the suction, the swabs or the operative field and requires repeated units of…

Left Ventricular Thrombus After Myocardial Infarction

…catalogue of specific embolic syndromes. Clinical suspicion should be heightened after: Anterior STEMI. A large or transmural infarction. Persistent apical akinesis or dyskinesis. LV aneurysm…

Acute Aortic Syndromes: Intramural Haematoma and Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcer

…or saccular aneurysm. Symptomatic isolated lesions may represent early periulcer haemorrhage or developing IMH and carry greater risk of progression or rupture than asymptomatic lesions…

Lipoprotein(a): Measurement and Clinical Implications

…have also been extended to peripheral arterial disease, ischaemic stroke, abdominal aortic aneurysm, and calcific aortic valve stenosis. Lp(a) is not associated with venous…

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