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ST elevation refers to a finding on an electrocardiogram wherein the trace in the ST segment is abnormally high above the baseline. The ST segment starts...8 KB (870 words) - 05:26, 20 July 2022
Third-degree atrioventricular block (AV block) is a medical condition in which the electrical impulse generated in the sinoatrial node (SA node) in the...16 KB (1,851 words) - 07:28, 19 April 2023
AV-nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) is a type of abnormal fast heart rhythm. It is a type of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), meaning that it originates...17 KB (2,020 words) - 19:17, 21 May 2023
Branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO) is a rare retinal vascular disorder in which one of the branches of the central retinal artery is obstructed. Abrupt...3 KB (267 words) - 02:13, 24 September 2022
Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a vascular disease of the liver that occurs when a blood clot occurs in the hepatic portal vein, which can lead to increased...11 KB (1,223 words) - 19:41, 26 September 2022
Pacemaker syndrome is a condition that represents the clinical consequences of suboptimal atrioventricular (AV) synchrony or AV dyssynchrony, regardless...21 KB (2,052 words) - 12:31, 19 September 2022
Multifocal (or multiform) atrial tachycardia (MAT) is an abnormal heart rhythm, specifically a type of supraventricular tachycardia, that is particularly...10 KB (1,207 words) - 18:15, 16 June 2023
An Er:YAG laser (erbium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet laser, erbium YAG laser) is a solid-state laser whose active laser medium is erbium-doped yttrium...5 KB (582 words) - 23:54, 30 October 2022- Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy (TIC) is a disease where prolonged tachycardia (a fast heart rate) or arrhythmia (an irregular heart rhythm) causes...16 KB (1,747 words) - 20:38, 22 June 2021
T wave alternans (TWA) is a periodic beat-to-beat variation in the amplitude or shape of the T wave in an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) TWA was first...15 KB (2,042 words) - 09:46, 6 January 2022
Paget–Schroetter disease (which evolved from a venous thoracic outlet syndrome) is a form of upper extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a medical condition...9 KB (862 words) - 07:57, 11 June 2023
Beck's triad is a collection of three medical signs associated with acute cardiac tamponade, a medical emergency when excessive fluid accumulates in the...5 KB (404 words) - 21:48, 2 October 2022
Splinter hemorrhages (or haemorrhages) are tiny blood clots that tend to run vertically under the nails. Splinter hemorrhages are not specific to any particular...3 KB (265 words) - 15:01, 30 June 2021
Adson's sign is the loss of the radial pulse in the arm by rotating head to the ipsilateral side with extended neck following deep inspiration. It is sometimes...3 KB (294 words) - 16:28, 15 November 2022- Levine's sign is a clenched fist held over the chest to describe ischemic chest pain. It is named for Samuel A. Levine (1891–1966), an influential American...2 KB (173 words) - 14:08, 7 May 2023
- Alcohol septal ablation (ASA) is a minimally invasive heart procedure to treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). It is a percutaneous, minimally invasive...8 KB (879 words) - 18:58, 24 October 2022
TriHealth Good Samaritan Hospital, the oldest and largest private teaching and specialty health care facility in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, was opened...10 KB (1,108 words) - 15:33, 17 January 2024- In medicine, Friedreich's sign is the exaggerated drop in diastolic central venous pressure seen in constrictive pericarditis (particularly with a stiff...2 KB (180 words) - 07:03, 3 June 2022
- Double outlet right ventricle (DORV) is a form of congenital heart disease where both of the great arteries connect (in whole or in part) to the right...3 KB (316 words) - 14:30, 31 October 2021
Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital is a hospital part of Indiana University Health, located in Indianapolis, state of Indiana, United States...7 KB (474 words) - 03:59, 10 September 2022
