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Cryotherapy of skin lesions

…makes the choice of lesion the critical point: never freeze anything whose diagnosis you have not established. Indications Lesion Freeze time per cycle Number of…

Complications of Coronary Angiography and Vascular Access Management

…defining the extent of coronary artery disease because it provides anatomical information while permitting functional assessment and, when appropriate, immediate percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Complications…

Mitral regurgitation

…follows: Endocarditis Papillary muscle rupture (complication of acute myocardial infarction) Rupture of chordae tendineae. Acute regurgitation of blood into the left atrium results in sudden…

🟠 HAS-BLED Score Calculator

…Moreover, the HAS BLED score has been found to be predictive of intracranial hemorrhage, which is considered the most devastating complication related to anticoagulation use.

Aortic stenosis

…middle income countries, rheumatic heart disease is the leading cause of aortic stenosis. Rheumatic heart disease is a complication of rheumatic fever, which is caused…

Diagnostic Criteria for Acute Myocardial Infarction: Cardiac troponins, ECG & Symptoms

…Acute myocardial infarction is the most severe complication of coronary artery disease. The most common initiating mechanism is rupture or erosion of a vulnerable (unstable…

Heart failure: Causes, types, diagnosis, treatments & management

…failure is now the most frequent complication of diabetes ( Shah et al, McMurray et al ). Management of heart failure progressed rapidly during the 1970s and…

Heart failure: Introduction

…failure is now the most frequent complication of diabetes ( Shah et al, McMurray et al ). Management of heart failure progressed rapidly during the 1970s and…

Pulmonary regurgitation

…Carcinoid heart disease Tetralogy of Fallot Marfan syndrome Takayasu's arteritis Iatrogenic (e.g complication of catheterization) Congenital dysplasia/aplasia of the pulmonary valve Idiopathic…

Otoscopy and ear syringing

…and the commonest complication of ear syringing is that someone syringes an ear that did not need syringing. The second commonest is that the syringing…

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