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Approach to patients with chest pain: differential diagnoses, management & ECG

…sensation across the precordium and may radiate to the neck, shoulder, jaw, back, upper abdomen, and left or right arm. Onset and evolution How do…

Deceased donor organ donation

…clarity and respect is also what makes the decision hold afterwards. Organ preserving treatment — treatment given solely for the sake of the donation — may continue…

Ventricular Tachycardia

…cardiac death (SCD) and a major cause of morbidity in patients with structural heart disease, VT necessitates a nuanced, multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and management…

Interpreting NT-proBNP and BNP in Clinical Decision-Making

…NT proBNP) are circulating markers of myocardial wall stress. They are released principally by ventricular cardiomyocytes in response to increased transmural stress and ventricular stretch…

Coronary Anatomy and Segmental Classification for the Clinician

…ventricular function and the anticipated benefit–risk balance of revascularization. Coronary angiography remains primarily an anatomical examination, whereas contemporary decision making increasingly combines anatomical imaging…

Exercise stress test on cycle ergometer

…risk of rebound. The referring physician should have made this decision; document which applies. Nitroglycerin is continued; note it in the report. Shaving and careful…

Short Synacthen test

…samples were taken at the right times, and whether you know which decision threshold your own laboratory's method uses. In a suspected Addisonian crisis…

🟠 SYNTAX Score II

…of long term outcomes after revascularization. It incorporates both anatomical (from the original SYNTAX Score) and clinical variables (e.g., age, sex, renal function, left…

ECG parameters

…speed of 50 mm/s with 1 mV = 10 mm. At 50 mm/s a small square (1 mm) corresponds to 20 ms and…

🟠 HCM Risk-SCD Calculator

…and left ventricular function. The HCM Risk SCD score aims to identify individuals with a high risk of SCD and determine whether an implantable cardioverter…

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