Tag: Cardiovascular
Tetralogy of Fallot: Tetralogy of Fallot ICD–10 Q21.3 ICD–9 745.2 OMIM 187500 DiseasesDB 4660 MedlinePlus 001567 eMedicine emerg/575 Patient UK Tetralogy of Fallot MeSH D013771 Tetralogy of Fallot is …
What is Congestive Heart Failure? Congestive heart failure means that the heart’s pumping power is weaker than normal. With Congestive heart failure blood moves through the heart at a …
Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease that can develop as a complication of inadequately treated strep throat or scarlet fever. Strep throat and scarlet fever are caused by an …
Myocardial Infarction Immediate Treatment – Mnemonic: Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is the medical term for an incident commonly known as a heart attack. Myocardial infarction happens when blood supply to the …
Arrhythmia: A 45 year old female is brought to the ER with lightheadedness and palpitations of acute onset. She has also experienced fatigability, weight loss and insomnia lately. …
Arrhythmia: A 25-year-old white woman with no past medical history presents to the emergency department for “a racing heartbeat.” It is determined that she has paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. Which …
A 65-year-old man is brought to the emergency department with chest pain that he noticed after climbing a set of stairs. The emergency physician sends him for an exercise …