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Pulmonary Hypertension: Classification and Treatment Principles

…cell disease. The classification also recognizes vasoreactivity subgroups among patients with idiopathic PAH, including acute responders and non responders. Left heart disease is the most…

Ventricular tachycardia (VT): ECG criteria, causes, classification, treatment

…tachycardia almost invariably have significant underlying heart disease. The most common causes are coronary heart disease (acute coronary syndromes or ischemic heart disease), heart failure …

Mitral regurgitation

…may coexist with mitral stenosis. Idiopathic degeneration (Barlow's disease), degeneration associated with connective tissue disorders (Marfan syndrome, Ehlers Danlos syndrome), osteogenesis imperfecta typically causes…

Constrictive pericarditis: definition, causes, diagnosis & echocardiography

…idiopathic pericarditis, radiation to the pericardium and surgical interventions are the most common causes of constrictive pericarditis. Of these three, idiopathic pericarditis is the most…

Lumbar puncture

…the right place. In suspected bacterial meningitis it is the time to antibiotics that saves the patient — the puncture must never delay it. Indications Suspected…

Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM): Definition, Types, Diagnostics & Treatment

…varies markedly across these conditions. The prognosis in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy may be poorer than the prognosis for most cancers, whereas tachycardia induced cardiomyopathy can…

Early repolarization pattern on ECG (early repolarization syndrome)

…idiopathic ventricular fibrillation. The combination of early repolarization pattern on ECG and ventricular fibrillation or sudden cardiac arrest is referred to as early repolarization syndrome…

Pulmonary regurgitation

…Tetralogy of Fallot Marfan syndrome Takayasu's arteritis Iatrogenic (e.g complication of catheterization) Congenital dysplasia/aplasia of the pulmonary valve Idiopathic pulmonary artery dilation…

Cardiac Tamponade: Recognition and Pericardiocentesis

…is viral or idiopathic but is more frequent when the underlying cause is non idiopathic. Clinical Presentation and Symptoms Dyspnoea is the most frequent symptom…

Eletrical alternans: the ECG in pericardial effusion & cardiac tamponade

…Idiopathic pericardial effusion. Renal failure, hypothyroidism, and hypercholesterolemia. Dressler syndrome. Iatrogenic damage to the pericardium. Irradiation. Trauma. The most common cause of pericardial effusion is…

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