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Eye examination and corneal foreign body

…eyelashes, press gently downwards on the upper border of the tarsal plate with a cotton bud, and at the same time fold the lid margin…

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…

The left ventricle in myocardial ischemia and infarction

…arteries. Figure 1. The right ventricle is supplied by the right marginal artery (r. marginalis dx), which originates from the right coronary artery (RCA). The…

Amiodarone: Loading, Maintenance Dosing and Monitoring Schedule

…However, due to its antiadrenergic actions, IV amiodarone must be administered cautiously to patients with marginal cardiac compensation, as it may induce hypotension. Loading Dosing…

ECG localization of myocardial infarction / ischemia and coronary artery occlusion (culprit)

…second diagonal branch (D2) (10) LCX = Left circumflex artery proximal segment (11) obtuse marginal branch (OM) (12) distal segment (13) left posterolateral branch (PL) …

ECG manifestations of left main coronary artery (LMCA) occlusion and critical stenosis

…1), conus branch (CB, 2), right ventricular branch (RV, 3), acute marginal branch (AM, 4), atrioventricular nodal branch (AV), right posterior descending artery (RPDA, 4)…

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…

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)…

Cryotherapy of skin lesions

…fingers, the ulnar groove, the neck of the fibula). The eyelid margins, the cartilage of the nasal tip, the free edge of the pinna. Autoimmune…

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…

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