…sustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) on ambulatory monitoring. He is referred for placement of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). In planning the device characteristics and programming…
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…sustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) on ambulatory monitoring. He is referred for placement of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). In planning the device characteristics and programming…
…is undergoing an electrophysiology study for recurrent episodes of narrow-complex tachycardia. Intracardiac mapping and pacing maneuvers demonstrate that the tachycardia is initiated by oscillations…
…successful resuscitation and return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), an ECG is obtained. The patient's ECG is presented below. What should be the immediate management…
…An echocardiogram reveals a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 38%. Genetic testing identifies a pathogenic mutation in the LMNA/C gene. She was initiated…
A 62-year-old male with a history of ischemic cardiomyopathy and an implanted cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) presents to the emergency department after receiving multiple…
…determines that the patient requires urgent high-risk non-cardiac surgery for his fracture, but his decompensated severe aortic stenosis poses an unacceptably high perioperative…
…ng/mL. An electrocardiogram (ECG) shows no acute ST-segment changes. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step in managing this patient?
In patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and persistent and significant hyperglycaemia, what treatment should be commenced?
A patient's ECG shows intermittently non-conducted P waves with a fixed PR interval. What type of AV block does this describe, and what…
This 54-year-old patient with Covid-19 (Sars-Cov-2) has a slightly irregular rhythm. What is the rhythm and should you be concerned…
A 64 year old male patient with hypertension. ECG is recorded during his annual health screening. He is asymptomatic during the recording. Heart rate 67…
…The patient experiences palpitations with sudden onset and occassionally the sensation that the heart skips a beat. Clinical examination reveals nothing suspicious and the patient…