Articles & courses

ArticlesShow all 144
Tricuspid stenosis

…pressure, which subsequently causes right atrial dilation. Vena cava inferior may also dilate secondarily. Principles of management Medical therapies do not alter disease progression. Diuretics…

Pulmonary Embolism (PE)

…veins of the legs or pelvis. Thrombi formed in the deep veins in the legs or pelvis can detach and flow via inferior vena cava…

Tricuspid regurgitation (TR/TI)

…back to the right atrium and venous system, resulting in dilation of vena cava inferior ( 2.1 cm). Severe tricuspid regurgitation may lead to systolic…

Pericardiocentesis

…does not exclude Diastolic collapse of the right atrium and right ventricle The cardinal echocardiographic finding A dilated inferior vena cava without respiratory variation Strongly…

Cardiac arrest during pregnancy and childbirth

…inferior vena cava and the descending aorta. During a cardiac arrest, the venous and arterial pressures are substantially reduced, potentially leading to complete obstruction of…

Constrictive pericarditis: definition, causes, diagnosis & echocardiography

…right atrium and the inferior vena cava, which causes the blood to flow in the retrograde direction (from the atrium to the inferior vena cava)…

🟠 Management of STEMI (ST-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction)

…suspicion of posterior acute myocardial infarction (e.g due to reciprocal ST segment depressions in V1, V2, V3). IIa B In patients with inferior myocardial…

The electrical axis of the heart (ECG axis)

…and aVF (with QRS duration <0.12 seconds), provided that other causes of right axis deviation have been excluded. Causes of left axis deviation Left…

The electrical axis of the heart (heart axis): ECG & physiology

…and aVF (with QRS duration <0.12 seconds), provided that other causes of right axis deviation have been excluded. Causes of left axis deviation Left…

Posterior Myocardial Infarction: Diagnosis on the Standard ECG

…can shorten the time to diagnosis and facilitate triage of patients with suspected ST segment elevation myocardial infarction to a percutaneous coronary intervention capable hospital…

Media

No matches.

Tools