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Vulnerable Plaque and Mechanisms of Acute Coronary Occlusion

…myocardial necrosis. It most commonly reflects atherothrombosis: disruption of an atherosclerotic plaque followed by platelet activation and coagulation, with formation of an intraluminal thrombus. The…

Biventricular hypertrophy ECG and clinical characteristics

…However, the ECG may show features characteristic of biventricular hypertrophy. Biventricular hypertrophy ECG In case the ECG or other examinations suggest left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH…

Preeclampsia and Hypertensive Pregnancy Disorders as Future Cardiovascular Risk

…fms like tyrosine kinase 1/placental growth factor ratio ≥40 is associated with increased risk of preeclampsia with severe features during the subsequent two weeks…

Atherosclerosis: Pathogenesis from Fatty Streak to Plaque Rupture

…presence of these features does not imply inevitable clinical disruption. Fewer than 5% of thin capped fibroatheromas have been identified as the source of an…

Invasive Coronary Angiography: Indications and Vascular Access

…lesion haziness raise suspicion of thrombus, although haziness is not specific. Intravascular imaging can identify plaque disruption, thrombus and other structural features that may not…

Left Ventricular Thrombus After Myocardial Infarction

…thrombus. Factors associated with embolization Echocardiographic features suggesting increased embolic potential include: Greater thrombus mobility. Protrusion into the LV cavity. Visualization on multiple imaging planes…

Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Diagnosis and Treatment

…CKD), and multiple non cardiovascular conditions are frequent features. A proposed disease pathway involves systemic and coronary microvascular endothelial inflammation associated with comorbidities. This may…

A new ECG biomarker for sudden cardiac death

…without echocardiography. They then stress tested the model against multiple outcome definitions and validated it, with no fine tuning, in geographically and structurally distinct US…

Sinoatrial block (SA block): ECG criteria, causes and clinical features

…are blocked sporadically (without any Wenckebach phenomenon). The pauses between the visible beats are always multiples of the normal P P interval (Figure 3). Typically…

Acquired QT Prolongation and Drug-Induced Arrhythmia

…when multiple modifiable and non modifiable risk factors converge. The electrophysiological mechanism underlying TdP involves prolonged ventricular repolarisation, which allows for the recovery of time…

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