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ArticleProcedurer
Eye examination and corneal foreign body

…a drill, a lawnmower, or in the wind. Suspected corneal abrasion. A red eye where the diagnosis is not obvious. Suspected acute glaucoma (tonometry). Contraindications…

ArticleProcedurer
Edrophonium test

…A negative test does not exclude myasthenia gravis. Today the test plays a marginal role in Sweden. Edrophonium is available only as a named patient…

ArticleEchocardiography
The Coronary Arteries

…Arteries to the posterior wall (these arteries branch of after the right marginal artery) may be given off by the RCA (and otherwise the LCx…

ArticleMyocardial ischemia and infarction
Stent Thrombosis: Timing, Causes, Diagnosis, and Prevention

…ischemia and infarction Definition and pathophysiology Stent thrombosis is thrombotic occlusion arising within a coronary stent or at its margins after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)…

ArticleProcedurer
Cryotherapy of skin lesions

…anything whose diagnosis you have not established. Indications Lesion Freeze time per cycle Number of cycles Margin : : : : Actinic keratosis, thin 5–10 s 1 1…

ArticleProcedurer
Skin biopsy — punch, shave and excision

…Diagnostic question Method Comment : : : Pigmented lesion, suspected melanoma Excision with a 1–3 mm margin, down into the subcutis Never a shave — the depth must…

ArticleMyocardial ischemia and infarction
In-Stent Restenosis: Mechanisms and Treatment

…BMS). Clinical ISR is generally defined by recurrent symptoms or ischaemic events attributable to renarrowing within the stented segment or at its margins. Angiographic restenosis…

ArticleECG
Assessment of Pacemaker Malfunction

…yields an activation. The pacemaker is then set to the minimum energy needed to activate myocardium (a safety margin is often used). Most pacemakers perform…