…A diagnosis of idiopathic ventricular fibrillation (IVF) is established. The patient's 30-year-old brother inquires about clinical evaluation for himself and other first…
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…A diagnosis of idiopathic ventricular fibrillation (IVF) is established. The patient's 30-year-old brother inquires about clinical evaluation for himself and other first…
…35%, confirming a diagnosis of heart failure. You are formulating the initial diagnostic workup to optimize management, identify potential causes, and screen for comorbidities. Which…
A patient with NSTEMI undergoes successful PCI, but subsequently develops sinus bradycardia with hemodynamic intolerance, and episodes of high-degree AV block without stable escape…
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…
A 64-year-old female, diabetic, and obese patient presents with a sudden onset of shortness of breath and chest pressure while walking. She mentions…
…to the hospital with acute hypoxic respiratory failure secondary to a COPD exacerbation. He develops new-onset chest pain and his troponin level is elevated…
…is completely normal, showing a PR interval of 150 ms and a QRS duration of 80 ms without any evidence of pre-excitation. An electrophysiology…
…echocardiogram and cardiac computed tomography demonstrate a small aortic annulus in relation to her body stature, placing her at increased risk for prosthesis-patient mismatch…
…stressful periods, such as exam periods. The patient experiences palpitations with sudden onset and occassionally the sensation that the heart skips a beat. Clinical examination…
…ECG shows a monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT). Initial attempts at intravenous amiodarone administration are unsuccessful, and the VT persists despite the infusion. The patient's…