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🟠 QTc Interval Calculator (Bazett’s, Fridericia’s, Hodge's and Framingham Formulas)

…bradycardia and tachycardia. Fridericia’s and Framingham formulas are often preferred in scenarios where a broader range of heart rates is encountered, as they may…

Sudden cardiac arrest: Case 1

…Female Age : 72 years History : heart failure Medications : digoxin, quinidine ECG 1 . The initial beats are supraventricular beats during sinus rhythm. A brief run of…

Urinary catheterisation

…can grip; the female urethra is only 3–5 cm and almost straight, but the meatus can be hard to find in older women. Two…

🟠 Calculate CHADS-VASc Score and evaluate indication for anticoagulation

…9 As above. Very high Oral anticoagulation (warfarin or NOAC) is recommended for all female patients with a score of 3 or more. Very high…

🟠 CHADS-VA Bleeding Risk Score

…includes female sex as a risk factor. However, recent studies have questioned the significance of female sex as an independent risk factor for stroke in…

🟠 eGFR with MDRD

…Age)^ 0.203 × (0.742 if female) × (1.212 if African American) The Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation is a widely…

Cardiovascular Risk in Women: Sex-Specific Factors

…of cardiovascular disease. The biological differences between females and males arise partly from the chromosomal distinction between XX and XY individuals and are reflected in…

Early repolarization on ECG: when guidelines confuse ECG criteria

…male/female pattern) with a condition which is associated with 5 times as great a risk of sudden cardiac death. For readers interested in recognizing…

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

…Female sex. Hypertension. Absence of an adequate collateral circulation. A first or anterior infarction. Single vessel disease without collateral support. Chronic kidney disease, particularly in…

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

…period in the cited data. Angiographic classification SCAD is conventionally divided into three angiographic patterns: Type Angiographic appearance Diagnostic considerations Type 1 Contrast staining of…

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