Criteria for MI in patient with LBBB

CARDIOLOGY, ECG

http://www.aafp.org/afp/1999/0801/p625.html

Hypertension in dialysis Patients

CARDIOLOGY

Hypertension Medications in ESRD.

Pre-excitation syndromes: Wolff-Parkinson-White, etc.

CARDIOLOGY, ECG

Pre-excitation...

The difference between neurally mediated syncope and orthostatic hypotension syncope

CARDIOLOGY

“Patients with neurogenic orthostatic hypotension have a fall in blood pressure great than or equal to 20/10 mm Hg with 3 minutes of assumption of an upright posture. Neurogenic orthostatic hypotension can often be differentiated from vasovagal syncope (a...

Definition and classification of syncope and presyncope

CARDIOLOGY, MNEMONICS

Definition of Syncope and Presyncope Syncope is a sudden, brief, complete loss of consciousness (LOC) and postural tone caused by global cerebral hypoperfusion. It is followed by spontaneous recovery.  The decreased perfusion to the cerebral cortex or reticular...

Orthodromic vs. Antidromic

CARDIOLOGY, ECG

Orthodromic = ortho + dromos. Ortho- is a prefix denoting normal, straight, proper order, correct. Dromos is a Gr. word meaning course Orthodromic, therefore, means conducting impulses in the normal or correct direction. Orthodromic...