A 26-year-old female presents for pre-pregnancy counseling. During her physical examination, a low-pitched diastolic murmur is auscultated at the cardiac apex…
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A 26-year-old female presents for pre-pregnancy counseling. During her physical examination, a low-pitched diastolic murmur is auscultated at the cardiac apex…
…decision is made to initiate chronic prophylactic antiarrhythmic pharmacological therapy. Which of the following medications is considered well-tolerated for use in this pregnant patient?
…ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 35% with global hypokinesis. The cardiologist notes that the patient's presentation is classic for PPCM and initiates guideline-directed…
A 27-year-old pregnant woman at 9 weeks of gestation presents with recurrent atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia (AVRT). The episodes are poorly tolerated and have…
In patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS), when is continuous ECG monitoring and the availability of defibrillator capacity recommended?
…the following intravenous medications has been evaluated for termination of sustained monomorphic VT in patients with coronary artery disease with or without healed myocardial infarction…
…elevated. An ECG shows no ST-segment elevation. Given the clinical context, which of the following statements regarding this patient's presentation is most accurate?
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…
…diabetic, and obese patient presents with a sudden onset of shortness of breath and chest pressure while walking. She mentions occasional episodes of chest pain…
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…
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…
…but they tend to intensify during stressful periods, such as exam periods. The patient experiences palpitations with sudden onset and occassionally the sensation that the…