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Neutropenic fever: quick reference for emergency management

…days, or shorter neutropenia with clinical risk factors International guidelines generally use a single temperature of 38.3 degrees as the threshold [4,5]. Some…

A New Approach to Acute Coronary Syndromes: Occlusion MI (OMI) vs. Non-Occlusion MI (NOMI)

…serves as a valuable diagnostic tool and educational model, promoting earlier identification and treatment of high risk ACS patients. Future randomized trials are needed to…

Acute vertigo: quick reference for HINTS and differential diagnosis

…cardiac examination, ECG, selective vascular imaging Traumatic or toxic syndrome Onset after trauma, a change in medication or an exposure Concussion, temporal bone injury, dissection…

Exercise stress test on cycle ergometer

…Exercise induced arrhythmia or exercise induced syncope. Assessment of chronotropic function and pacemaker settings. Preoperative functional assessment before major surgery. At a low pre test…

Intravascular Imaging: IVUS and OCT for PCI Optimisation

…recognition of edge dissection, tissue prolapse, thrombus, or other acute complications; investigation of restenosis and stent thrombosis. Intravascular imaging may also clarify the mechanism of…

Myocardial Perfusion Imaging With SPECT and PET

…chronic coronary syndrome and a moderate or high pre test likelihood of obstructive coronary artery disease, defined in the cited guidance as greater than 15…

Artifacts in ultrasound imaging

…travels through tissue that behaves as a lens which causes significant refraction, directing the ultrasound to an area interrogated simultaneously by other sound waves (Figure…

Physics of myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT, PET): Radiotracers, perfusion, blood flow and viability

…What is myocardial redistribution? In myocardial perfusion imaging, redistribution refers to the movement of a radiotracer within the myocardium over time. Radiotracers without redistribution maintain…

Principles of myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT, PET), coronary blood flow and flow reserve (CFR)

Cardiology Principles of myocardial perfusion imaging Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is a non invasive technique for detecting and quantifying coronary artery disease (CAD). It offers…

Standard Transthoracic Echocardiogram: Complete Imaging Protocol

…with regards to measuring ventricular dimensions, trabeculae and papillary muscles are considered part of the left ventricular cavity. Other dimensions– including atrial dimensions, mitral annulus…

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