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

…converting to Torsade de Pointes ventricular tachycardia. Notice how arterial blood pressure (ABP) drops at the onset of TdP. ECG by Nakstad et al (Scand…

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

…curves and a prostate that can grip; the female urethra is only 3–5 cm and almost straight, but the meatus can be hard to…

🟠 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

…It is a modification of the widely used CHA₂DS₂ VASc score, with the primary distinction being the exclusion of sex parameter (female sex) as a…

🟠 eGFR with MDRD

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

Cardiovascular Risk in Women: Sex-Specific Factors

…the leading cause of death among women worldwide and in the United States. In the United States, approximately one in four female deaths is attributed…

Early repolarization on ECG: when guidelines confuse ECG criteria

…with male/female pattern. The ECG from the article follows. As evident, the figure legend states that the ECGs show two patterns of early repolarization…

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

…Predisposing features Risk features vary by lesion but include: Older age. Female sex. Hypertension. Absence of an adequate collateral circulation. A first or anterior infarction…

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

…by separation within the coronary arterial wall, usually through formation of an intramural haematoma that compresses the true lumen. The resulting reduction in coronary blood…

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