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Acute Aortic Syndromes: Intramural Haematoma and Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcer

…subclavian artery. Penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer PAU is focal ulceration of an atherosclerotic plaque that penetrates through the internal elastic lamina into the media. The lesion…

Pleural aspiration and chest drain

Procedurer Almost all the complications of pleural aspiration arise from two errors: the needle is placed in the wrong site, and too much is drained…

Post-Infarction Pericarditis and Dressler Syndrome

…an inflammatory response. The presence of antibodies directed against cardiac tissue, the latent interval of several weeks, improvement with anti inflammatory treatment, and the tendency…

Oxygen therapy

Procedurer Oxygen is a drug and must be prescribed as one: with an indication, a route of administration and a target range for the saturation …

Differential Diagnosis of Chest Pain: A Clinical Overview

…can be present [5]. Distinguishing Features: Pleuritic pain suggests pulmonary infarction, and a history of pain exacerbation with inspiration, along with a pleural friction rub…

Artifacts in ultrasound imaging

…multiple copies of a dense structure. Such artifacts are referred to as reverberations . Reverberations can also occur within a structure that has boundaries with high…

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