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Exercise physiology: from normal response to myocardial ischemia & chest pain

…stress testing, myocardial ischemia and ischemic symptoms Understanding the basic principles of exercise physiology is essential to conduct and evaluate the exercise stress test. Exercise…

Pericardial Effusion & Cardiac tamponade

…pericardial disease, it is important to conduct a careful investigation as several conditions may affect hemodynamics and the underlying cause is often serious (e. g…

Second-degree AV block: Mobitz type 1 (Wenckebach) & Mobitz type 2 block

…conduct to the ventricles, resulting in some P waves not being followed by QRS complexes. This condition is further categorized into two distinct subtypes: type…

Pre-excitation, Atrioventricular Reentrant (Reentry) Tachycardia (AVRT), Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome

…of the heart. Accessory pathways (Kent's bundle) may be able to conduct the impulse from the atria to the ventricles ( antegrade direction ), from the…

The PR Interval & PR segment

…as the baseline. Several conditions can reduce the ability of the atrioventricular (AV) node to conduct the atrial impulse to the ventricles. As the conductivity…

Premature atrial contraction (premature atrial beat / complex): ECG and clinical implications

…ventricles through the bundle of His (which means that both bundle branches will conduct the impulse to each respective ventricle) the QRS complex is normal …

Laryngeal mask and difficult airway

…fasted patient at low risk of aspiration. A conduit for fibreoptically assisted intubation in a known difficult airway. The difficult airway algorithm is activated in…

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