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Post-Infarction Mechanical Complications: Ventricular Septal, Free-Wall, and Papillary Muscle Rupture

…disruptions of acutely infarcted myocardium occurring most often during the first days after ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The principal lesions are: Ventricular septal rupture…

Reduction of dislocations

…status, the ASA class and the airway beforehand. Procedure Anterior shoulder dislocation The commonest of all dislocations. There is a hollow beneath the acromion, the…

Casting and immobilisation

…immediately. Indications An undisplaced or reduced fracture to be treated conservatively. Immobilisation after reduction of a dislocation. Immobilisation of a ligament injury, a tendon injury…

Relaxation of the left ventricle

…enabling synchronization of left and right ventricular contraction. Rapid impulse conduction is crucial; slow spread of the impulse results in temporal dissociation of cellular activation…

Overview of atrioventricular (AV) blocks

…block): definition, causes, diagnosis & management This article covers the fundamental principles of atrioventricular (AV) blocks, which are classified into three types: first degree, second degree…

Cardiac amyloidosis

Cardiology Genetic and miscellaneous conditions Clinical Red Flags Raising Suspicion of Cardiac Amyloidosis Demographic and Clinical Context Cardiac amyloidosis should be suspected in patients older…

🟠 Brugada's algorithm for diagnosing ventricular tachycardia (VT)

…tachycardia is very likely. If there is AV dissociation, ventricular tachycardia is very likely. If there are no signs of ventricular tachycardia, antidromic AVRT should…

Third-degree AV block (3rd degree AV block, AV block 3, AV block III)

…AV dissociation). Figure 2. Example of third degree AV block. Click to zoom. ECG features of third degree AV block On the ECG P waves…

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