…patients with inferior infarction. Extensive involvement is less common in patients with inferoposterior left ventricular infarction, while infarction confined predominantly to the right ventricle is…

…in healthy individuals, a tension pneumothorax arises when the volume of air is substantial enough to compress the superior and inferior vena cava, impeding or…

…can detach and flow via inferior vena cava to the right atrium and ventricle. The thrombus is pumped from the right ventricle through the pulmonary…

…analysis of three phase 3 trials, tenecteplase was non inferior to alteplase with respect to an excellent functional outcome, without an increased risk of symptomatic…

…Normal −30° to −90° Left axis deviation — left anterior fascicular block, inferior infarction, hypertrophy +90° to +180° Right axis deviation — right ventricular strain, lateral infarction…

…does not exclude Diastolic collapse of the right atrium and right ventricle The cardinal echocardiographic finding A dilated inferior vena cava without respiratory variation Strongly…

…syndrome, particularly triple positive disease or after an arterial event, where DOACs have proved inferior. Atrial fibrillation with marked renal failure or on dialysis, where…

…V3). IIa B In patients with inferior myocardial infarction, consider connecting V3R and V4R to detect concomitant right ventricular infarction. IIa B Routine blood sampling…

…of the tricuspid inflow (cm) 60 cm Pressure half time (T ½,ms) ≥ 190 ms Right atrium Severly enlarged Vena cava inferior enlarged References 1…

…cm) 60 cm Pressure half time (T ½,ms) ≥ 190 ms Right atrium Pressure half time (T ½, ms) Vena cava inferior enlarged References 1…

…direction. The activation wavefront propagates in a craniocaudal direction down the right atrial free wall, traverses the cavotricuspid isthmus (CTI) at the inferior boundary, and…

…As mentioned above, posterior myocardial infarction may be accompanied by inferior infarction if the occlusion affects both vascular territories. This will result in ST segment…

…may manifest as reciprocal ST segment depression rather than apparent ST segment elevation. Posterior involvement is commonly associated with inferior or lateral myocardial infarction. Consequently…

…a pregnant woman is supine, the uterus can exert significant compression on both the inferior vena cava and the descending aorta. During a cardiac arrest…

…pronounced in the anterolateral (V3, V4, V5, V6) and inferior (II, aVF and III) leads. There are four principal causes of J waves, namely hypothermia…

…recent studies challenge these notions. Pathological Q waves may resolve in up to 30% of patients with inferior infarction. The amplitude of Q waves may…

…the posterior (posteroinferior) fascicle , which delivers the electrical impulse to the posterior and inferior walls of the left ventricle. Anatomical or functional block in the…

…incomplete right bundle branch block and ST segment depressions in V2 V6. Click to zoom. Figure 3. Sinus bradycardia. The small q waves in inferior…

…which supplies the inferior wall of the left ventricle, determines the coronary artery dominance ( Figure 1 ). A right dominant system implies that the PDA is…

…inferior left ventricular wall in over 90% of all individuals. Hence, a proximal occlusion (in the RCA) which cuts off blood flow to the right…

…significant stenosis. Tricuspid stenosis results in increased right atrial pressure, which subsequently causes right atrial dilation. Vena cava inferior may also dilate secondarily. Principles of…

…without spontaneous breathing, passive leg raising with an increase in stroke volume 10%, or inferior vena cava variability . In the absence of responsiveness, fluid does…

…rectus abdominis — this avoids the inferior epigastric artery, which runs on the posterior aspect of the rectus muscle along its lateral border and is the…

…negative deflection should be <1 mm). It may have a prominent second hump in the inferior limb leads (particularly lead II). P mitrale : increased P…

…in the pulmonary circulation, which explains why the left ventricle is much larger (ventricular volume and muscle mass) than the right ventricle. Refer to Figure…

…rupture (VSR), producing an acute left to right shunt. Ventricular free wall rupture, producing haemopericardium and cardiac tamponade. Papillary muscle rupture, producing acute severe mitral…

…provided that other causes of right axis deviation have been excluded. Causes of left axis deviation Left bundle branch block. Left ventricular hypertrophy. Inferior infarction…

…provided that other causes of right axis deviation have been excluded. Causes of left axis deviation Left bundle branch block. Left ventricular hypertrophy. Inferior infarction…

…the right atrium and the inferior vena cava, which causes the blood to flow in the retrograde direction (from the atrium to the inferior vena…

…which supplies the inferior wall of the left ventricle, determines the coronary artery dominance ( Figure 1 ). A right dominant system implies that the PDA is…

…negative deflection should be <1 mm). It may have a prominent second hump in the inferior limb leads (particularly lead II). P mitrale : increased P…

…in the pulmonary circulation, which explains why the left ventricle is much larger (ventricular volume and muscle mass) than the right ventricle. Refer to Figure…

…anterolateral 12. mid anterolateral These 17 segments can be arranged as a polar (bull's eye) plot with the apex in the center, the four…

…myocardial cells located around the crista terminalis , the entrance of the coronary sinus and the inferior vena cava, as well as cells around the mitral…

…on the right medioclavicular line between rib 5 and 6. V3R: placed diagonally between V2R and V4R. V7: placed on the back, directly inferior to…

…Thus, the pressure in the inferior vena cava is used as a proxy for pressure in the right atrium, which is possible because there is…

…are as follows: Transmural ischemia located in the posterolateral portion of the left ventricle . Transmural ischemia located in the right ventricle . Both these situations do…

…Figure 1B). The muscle fibers adjacent to the epicardium are oriented approximately 60° in relation to the fibers of the mid wall. Contraction in this…

…the inferior wall of the left ventricle, determines the coronary artery dominance. A right dominant system implies that the PDA is supplied by the right…

…present the limb leads in their anatomically contiguous manner; that is, from left superior basal to right inferior. In other words, the following order: aVL…

…views. The increased pressure may also propagate back to the right atrium and venous system, resulting in dilation of vena cava inferior ( 2.1 cm)…