…or, less commonly, device damage. Oversensing is more likely with unipolar leads. Electrocautery is the most frequent source of EMI, although radiofrequency procedures, nerve stimulators…

…had a reduced value — the majority of sudden cardiac deaths occur in patients with preserved LVEF, for whom no practical risk prediction tool currently exists…

…recorder, 2–4 weeks Less often, with syncope Implantable loop recorder Contraindications None. Practical obstacles are skin disease or allergy to the electrode gel, and…

…It has also been used successfully to decrease the incidence of AF after cardiac surgery. Furthermore, sotalol may decrease the frequency of implantable cardioverter defibrillator …

…Of every 10 such victims, the heart in 6 or 7 showed no recent disease in coronary arteries or in heart muscle. In other words…

…rhythm is shockable). This is explained by the fact that there are no means of determining what phase the patient is in. The three phases…

…associated with intervention on degenerated saphenous vein grafts (SVGs), rotational atherectomy, and procedures performed for acute myocardial infarction. In SVG PCI, slow flow or no…

…particularly with pethidine. Caution: untreated sleep apnoea, a concurrent benzodiazepine or gabapentinoid, marked hypovolaemia, head injury with impaired consciousness, biliary tract disease. There is no…

…to ECG interpretation 1. Which of the following ECG findings is typically considered a normal variant in asymptomatic athletes with no significant family history? A:…

…charts should be used. Waist circumference Measure the waist between the lowest rib and the iliac crest, at the end of expiration, with the tape…