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Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Diagnosis and Treatment

…with LVEF 41–49%. In this group, structural abnormalities such as left atrial enlargement or left ventricular hypertrophy, or echocardiographic evidence of impaired filling, make…

Heart Failure With Mildly Reduced Ejection Fraction

…closely than HFpEF. Patients are more commonly male and younger than those with HFpEF and have a greater likelihood of coronary artery disease, which is…

Vasovagal Syncope: Diagnosis, Tilt Testing and Treatment

…pathophysiology is rooted in autonomic dysregulation within a structurally normal heart. During an episode, decreased cardiac output and a potential paradoxical vasodilation with hypotension occur…

A Novel Familial Cardiac Arrhythmia Syndrome Identified Using ECG

…several family members. Imaging studies did not reveal structural cardiac abnormalities, nor coronary artery disease. Another male patient, with similar ST segment changes, experienced syncopal…

Alcohol and Cardiovascular Disease

…the source material as at least eight drinks weekly in females or at least 15 drinks weekly in males, or binge drinking in either sex…

ApoB and Non-HDL Cholesterol in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment

…estimate of atherogenic cholesterol than LDL C alone. It is particularly informative when triglyceride rich lipoproteins are increased, as commonly occurs with obesity, diabetes, prediabetes…

Primary Aldosteronism: Screening and Management

…and cerebrovascular consequences of unrecognized PA make early case detection clinically important. Current European recommendations advise screening adults with confirmed hypertension by measuring renin and…

🟠 QTc Interval Calculator (Bazett’s, Fridericia’s, Hodge's and Framingham Formulas)

…s formula. Note that a QTc interval 480 is always considered pathological. For patients with bundle branch blocks, the corresponding figure is 500 ms. The…

Urinary catheterisation

…and dangerous in a few. The male urethra is about 25 cm long with two curves and a prostate that can grip; the female urethra…

Sudden cardiac arrest: Case 2

…Each recording presents two leads recorded simultaneously. Sex : Male Age : 43 years History : None Medications : None ECG 1 . Sinus rhythm interrupted by rapid ventricular tachycardia…

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