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Cardiac electrophysiology and ECG interpretation

ECG Introduction to ECG interpretation Principles of cardiac electrophysiology and electrocardiography (ECG) To ensure effective cardiac pumping function, the atria and the ventricles must be…

Cardiac electrophysiology: Action potential, automaticity and vectors

ECG Introduction to ECG interpretation Cardiac electrophysiology: Membrane potential, action potential, automaticity and electrical vectors Video lecture The following video lecture summarises this chapter. The…

Cardiac electrophysiology: action potentials and electrical vectors

ECG Video lecture: Cardiac electrophysiology, action potentials, ECG leads & vectors

Digoxin: Dosing, Therapeutic Range and Toxicity Management

Cardiology Pharmacology & dosing Definition and Pathophysiology Digoxin, a cardiac glycoside first described by William Withering in 1775, is the oldest pharmacologic agent in the heart…

Brugada Syndrome: Diagnosis & SCD Prevention

…elevation, and sudden cardiac death (SCD), Brugada syndrome (BrS) has evolved from an obscure electrocardiographic curiosity into a major focus of contemporary cardiac electrophysiology [1] …

Aberrant ventricular conduction (aberrancy, aberration)

…will be blocked at that point. The length of the refractory period (see Basic Cardiac Electrophysiology) varies with heart rate. The length is shortened as…

Sotalol: Initiation, QT Monitoring and Renal Dosing

Arrhythmias and arrhythmology Pharmacology & dosing Definition and Pathophysiology Sotalol is a nonselective beta adrenoceptor blocker devoid of intrinsic sympathomimetic activity that also prolongs cardiac repolarization…

Isoprenaline and Dopamine Infusions for Bradycardia

…various chemotherapeutic agents. In the acute setting, bradyarrhythmic cardiac arrest or asystole may result from reversible systemic insults, including hypovolemia, hypoxia, cardiac tamponade, tension pneumothorax…

The Best Clinical ECG Book: ECG Made Easy or Complete?

…how well each book/website have covered the following aspects: Physiology (particularly cardiac electrophysiology) Pathophysiology (causes and mechanisms underlying various conditions diagnosed using ECG) Epidemiology…

Left bundle branch block (LBBB): ECG criteria, causes, management

…the ECG waveforms. The cardiac cycle begins in the sinus node (sinoatrial node), where depolarization occurs through automaticity (refer to Cardiac Electrophysiology). The electrical impulse…

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