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Epistaxis — compression, cautery and anterior nasal packing

…Step 3 — anterior packing A compressed nasal tampon: 1. Coat the tampon with antibiotic ointment and trim it to the length of the nasal cavity…

Fascicular block (hemiblock): Left anterior & left posterior fascicular block

…the anterior wall of the left ventricle; (2) the posterior (posteroinferior) fascicle , which delivers the electrical impulse to the posterior and inferior walls of the…

Tricuspid regurgitation (TR/TI)

…normally consists of three leaflets (anterior, posterior and septal leaflet). The leaflets are attached to the subvalvular apparatus, consisting of the chordae tendineae and the…

Left Main Coronary Artery Disease: Revascularisation Strategy

…left anterior descending and proximal left circumflex arteries may constitute a functional equivalent of left main disease. The clinical consequences depend on: The severity and…

Left Ventricular Thrombus After Myocardial Infarction

…with extensive anterior or transmural infarction, apical dysfunction, LV aneurysm formation, and reduced LV systolic function. The principal mechanisms are the combination of an abnormal…

ECG manifestations of left main coronary artery (LMCA) occlusion and critical stenosis

…rare but catastrophic manifestation of acute coronary syndromes. The LMCA supplies a large myocardial territory through the left anterior descending (LAD) and left circumflex (LCx…

Mitral valve stenosis

…P1 (anterior or medial scallop), P2 (middle scallop), and P3 (posterior or lateral scallop). Figure 1. Anatomy of the mitral valve The leaflets are connected…

The Cabrera format of the 12-lead ECG and inverted lead aVR

…For example, if there is acute ischemia located in the anterior wall and there is ST segment elevation in lead V3, then there should also…

The Coronary Arteries

…these arteries branch of after the right marginal artery) may be given off by the RCA (and otherwise the LCx). Left anterior descending coronary artery…

ECG parameters

…120 ms with a delta wave and QRS 110 ms. Brugada pattern type 1: ST elevation ≥ 2 mm of coved type with a negative T…

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