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Interpretation of myocardial perfusion images (Myocardial SPECT / PET)

…pronounced during stress. RR is characterized by normal or near normal perfusion observed during stress, followed by the appearance of a perfusion defect in rest

Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease: Assessment and Treatment

…and population level risk estimation, but it does not characterize body composition, fat distribution, skeletal muscle mass, physical fitness or individual health status. In particular…

Digoxin - ECG changes, arrhythmias, conduction defects & treatment

…may occur in the absence of ECG changes and vice versa (i.e. ECG changes may be pronounced without any arrhythmias occurring). Plasma levels 2…

Assessment of the pupillary reflex in cardiac arrest

…result, pupils often dilate widely within 30–120 seconds of cardiac arrest and light reactivity is lost when cerebral blood flow ceases. In other words…

Mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias: from automaticity to re-entry (reentry)

…considered abnormal. For example, sinus bradycardia (a slow rhythm directed by the sinoatrial node) is a common finding in athletes and during sleep; in these…

Pulmonary regurgitation

…normal finding. The regurgitation results in blood flowing back from the pulmonary artery into the right ventricle during diastole. The most common cause of abnormal…

Quiz: ECG in athletes

…to ECG interpretation 1. Which of the following ECG findings is typically considered a normal variant in asymptomatic athletes with no significant family history? A:…

Sinus bradycardia: definitions, ECG, causes and management

…discover SB in healthy young individuals who are not well trained. This is also a normal finding. Abnormal (pathological) causes of sinus bradycardia In all…

T-waves in ischemia: hyperacute, inverted (negative), Wellen's sign & de Winter's sign

…discordant which is abnormal. Because most ECG leads have net positive QRS complexes (during normal circumstances) the T wave is typically positive in all leads…

ST segment depression in myocardial ischemia and differential diagnoses

…the significance of the ST segment depression differs markedly in NSTE ACS and STE ACS. In NSTE ACS the ST segment depressions are the primary…

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The Normal ECG: From Normality to Pathology

In the second part of the course you will learn all about the normal ECG, normal variants and diagnosis of pathological findings. A total of…

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