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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

…is accompanied by a right bundle branch block), while 3% progress to third degree AV block (complete heart block). Noteworthy about left anterior fascicular block …

Tricuspid regurgitation (TR/TI)

…of the right ventricle (i.e parts on the atrial side of the tricuspid annulus) function as atrium and becomes dilated. The anterior leaflet is…

Left Main Coronary Artery Disease: Revascularisation Strategy

…narrowing of the left main coronary artery, which supplies the left anterior descending and left circumflex coronary territories. Because these vessels perfuse a large proportion…

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

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

Mitral valve stenosis

…left anterior descending artery (LAD) and the left circumflex artery (LCX), whereas the posteromedial papillary muscle receives blood supply from either LCX or the right…

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

…the left anterior descending (LAD), right coronary artery (RCA), and the left circumflex coronary artery (LCX). Coronary artery dominance: left dominance vs. right dominance The…

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