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ArticleEchocardiography
Pulmonary stenosis

…pulmonic) stenosis Pulmonary stenosis is virtually always a consequence of congenital heart disease. The stenosis can be fixed or dynamic, depending on the underlying etiology…

ArticleReferensvärden
Lung function and respiration

…z score with a lower limit of normal at z = −1.64 (the fifth percentile) has been recommended in preference to fixed percentage thresholds…

ArticleProcedurer
Opioid therapy in severe pain

…is given. The serious incidents almost always arise when the principle of titration is abandoned — when a fixed dose is given without assessment, when a…

ArticleCardiology
Bempedoic Acid: Evidence and Clinical Use

…C reduction versus placebo Monotherapy 23% Added to background statin therapy 18% Fixed dose combination with ezetimibe 38% Pooled analyses across different background therapies 17…

ArticleCardiology
Coronary Anomalies and Myocardial Bridging

…an apparent angiographic narrowing. The narrowing generally improves or disappears during diastole, distinguishing myocardial bridging from a fixed coronary stenosis. However, intravascular ultrasound has shown…

ArticleEchocardiography
Left Ventricular Thrombus After Myocardial Infarction

…ventricular tachyarrhythmia—rather than embolization itself. A thrombus may be: Mural: flattened, fixed, and closely adherent to the endocardial surface. Protruding or mobile: extending into…

ArticleEchocardiography
Stress Echocardiography: Protocols and Interpretation

…wall motion abnormality (RWMA) during stress. A fixed abnormality that remains unchanged with stress generally indicates previous infarction. Extensive ischaemia may produce a reduction in…

ArticleMyocardial ischemia and infarction
Type 2 Myocardial Infarction: Mechanisms and Management

…of underlying coronary artery disease (CAD) and structural cardiac abnormalities. Mechanisms involving reduced myocardial perfusion include fixed coronary atherosclerosis without plaque rupture, coronary artery spasm…

ArticleEchocardiography
M-mode (motion mode) echocardiography

…line. Moreover, the ultrasound line is fixed to the tip of the transducer, frequently making it difficult to obtain representative sections of structures of interest…

ArticleProcedurer
Oxygen therapy

…An undrained pneumothorax. A high oxygen concentration washes nitrogen out of the pleural air and speeds resorption. Other conditions in which high flow oxygen is…

ArticleProcedurer
Paracentesis

…the abdominal wall is thinner there than on the right, and the descending colon is fixed, whereas the caecum on the right is mobile and…

ArticleECG
Interpretation of Pacemaker ECG

…delivered. Typically, the lead tip is fixed apically in the right ventricle; activation starts in the right ventricle and spreads slowly to the left ventricle…

ArticleEchocardiography
Pericardial Effusion & Cardiac tamponade

…some fixation of the heart in the mediastinum. The heart is fixed to the larger vessels and diaphragm, which stabilizes the position of the heart…

ArticleCardiology
Pharmacologic agents in myocardial perfusion imaging

…A2A, A2B and A3 receptors. Fixed dose administration : Regadenoson dosing is not weight based, simplifying administration. Dipyridamole Dipyridamole has multiple targets that contribute to its…

ArticleEchocardiography
Tissue Doppler (Tissue Velocity Imaging)

…Figure 2). It is important to note that the apex of the heart is fixed to the diaphragm via pericardium and connective tissue. Therefore the…

ArticleCardiology
Ventricular Tachycardia

…3] . By Duration: Non sustained VT (NSVT): Defined as three or more consecutive ventricular beats at a rate exceeding 100 beats per minute (bpm), which…