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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

Conduction defects ECG Fascicular block (hemiblock): left anterior fascicular block & left posterior fascicular block Fascicular blocks were previously referred to as hemiblocks, but the latter…

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

…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

…annular circumference. The posterior leaflet generally has two distinct indentations which divide it into three scallops, P1 (anterior or medial scallop), P2 (middle scallop), and…

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

…left ventricle. Figure 2. Assignment of the 17 myocardial segments to the territories of the left anterior descending (LAD), right coronary artery (RCA), and the…

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