Every couple of years we come across a new published algorithm or decision tools that attempt to once-and-for-all reliably distinguish between VT and SVT-AC. The most recent such attempt, the Basel ...
"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by doctors, meant for physicians and other healthcare professionals as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through ...
The e method, validated in a multicenter study led by the Hospital Clínico San Carlos and the CNIC, enables preoperative planning based on a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging strategy that avoids the ...
What caused a patient in their 60s to develop intermittent heart palpitations and periodic weakness? At presentation to the emergency department, the patient said they had not had any significant ...
This article reviews a systematic approach to diagnosis and management of supraventricular tachycardias. Adenosine, which blocks the AV node, is of diagnostic value but should not be used in cases of ...
The correct diagnosis is ventricular tachycardia (Figure 2). The rhythm is regular with a rate of 130 beats/min. The QRS complexes are wide (0.16 sec) without the morphology of a typical right or left ...