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Ankle-brachial index (ABI)

…can also be sought anterior to the lateral malleolus. Calculation: for each leg, the highest of the dorsalis pedis and posterior tibial pressures is divided…

Epistaxis — compression, cautery and anterior nasal packing

Procedurer Almost all nosebleeds arise from Kiesselbach's plexus on the anterior septum and stop with correctly performed compression. The reason compression nevertheless so often…

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

…01 to 0.04 seconds). ECG criteria for left anterior fascicular block (LAFB) Electrical axis between 45° to 90°. If the electrical axis is 30°…

Tricuspid regurgitation (TR/TI)

Echocardiography Tricuspid regurgitation The tricuspid valve separates the right ventricle and the right atrium. It normally consists of three leaflets (anterior, posterior and septal leaflet)…

Left Main Coronary Artery Disease: Revascularisation Strategy

…a lesion proximal to the first septal perforator of the left anterior descending artery was associated with lower five year survival than a more distal…

Left Ventricular Thrombus After Myocardial Infarction

…embolic manifestations. The source material does not provide a detailed catalogue of specific embolic syndromes. Clinical suspicion should be heightened after: Anterior STEMI. A large…

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

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

Mitral valve stenosis

…Figure 1). The anterolateral papillary muscle receives blood supply from the left anterior descending artery (LAD) and the left circumflex artery (LCX), whereas the posteromedial…

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

…the chest leads (V1 through V6) are displayed on the ECG paper in their anatomically contiguous order from right anterior (V1) to left lateral (V6)…

The Coronary Arteries

…aspect of the aortic bulb. The left main coronary artery ( LMCA ) originates from the left anterior aspect of the aortic bulb. The LMCA is short…

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