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Right ventricular strain: definition, causes, echocardiography

…etc. Right ventricular load is thus an issue that is raised both in outpatient and emergency care. To evaluate the presence of right ventricular load…

Right bundle branch block (RBBB): ECG, criteria, definitions, causes & treatment

…components of the ventricular conduction system, including the right bundle branch (RBBB). In the presence of right bundle branch block, depolarization of the right ventricle…

🟠 Management of STEMI (ST-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction)

…I C If time from symptom onset is 12 h, a primary PCI strategy is indicated in the presence of ongoing ischemic symptoms, haemodynamic instability…

Right Ventricular Infarction: Recognition and Haemodynamic Management

…manifestations of severe right ventricular failure. Typical findings include: Jugular venous distension Kussmaul’s sign Hepatomegaly Hypotension, which may or may not be present Markedly…

The Bernoulli principle and estimation of pressure gradients

…be ignored. The most common situation is when assessing aortic stenosis in the presence of a narrowing of the LVOT (left ventricular outflow tract). Such…

Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Risk Stratification and Reperfusion

…either RV dysfunction or elevated biomarkers, or neither of these abnormalities in the presence of abnormal clinical risk assessment. Low risk PE is characterized by…

Eletrical alternans: the ECG in pericardial effusion & cardiac tamponade

…right ventricular free wall is being compressed by the fluid. Video source.gif). ECG changes caused by pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade Small amounts of…

Noradrenaline, Dobutamine and Levosimendan: Practical Infusion Use

…progression of right heart failure may indicate the need for inodilator therapy. Furthermore, acute heart failure and cardiogenic shock can present de novo in pregnant…

Left bundle branch block (LBBB) in acute myocardial infarction: the Sgarbossa criteria

…To address these challenges, researchers have developed ECG criteria designed to identify ischemia in the presence of left bundle branch block. The most widely recognized…

Left bundle branch block (LBBB): ECG criteria, causes, management

…R wave in V5 and V6. Secondary ST T changes occur invariably in the presence of LBBB. The following ECG criteria and characteristics are used…

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