Heart BMJ
MARCH 22, 2024
The two-dimensional (2D) transthoracic echocardiogram revealed left ventricular ejection fraction of 40%. N-terminal pro Brain Natiuretic Peptide(NT-proBNP)(ECLIA, Roche) was elevated at 1360 pg/mL. The chest X-ray showed an enlarged left cardiac border with calcification.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
AUGUST 31, 2022
In that sense, the term dysrhythmia is preferable because it does literally translate as a disturbance in normal rhythm which is exactly what it is meant to describe. Any unsolicited disturbance of the rate or rhythm can be termed a dysrhythmia and result in the heart beating less efficiently but only for the duration of the dysrhythmia.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Hopefully a repeat echocardiogram will be performed outpatient. See these publications for more information Overall, management for cardiac contusion is mostly supportive unless surgical complications develop, involving appropriate treatment of dysrhythmias and hemodynamic instability. 1900: RBBB and LAFB are almost fully resolved.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JULY 22, 2012
Blunt cardiac injury my result in : 1) Acute myocardial rupture with tamponade 2) Valve rupture (tricuspid, aortic, mitral) 3) Coronary thrombosis or dissection (and thus Acute MI) from direct coronary blunt injury 4) Dysrhythmias of all kinds. Localized bleeding from contusion could cause hemopericardium even without rupture.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JULY 22, 2023
Formal echocardiogram showed normal EF, no wall motion abnormalities, no pericardial effusion. There were no dysrhythmias on cardiac monitor during observation. The patient proceeded to cath where all coronaries were described as normal with no evidence of any CAD, spasm, or any other abnormality. No more troponins were done.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 25, 2022
But adenosine only lasts for seconds, and if the dysrhythmia recurs, then the adenosine is gone. Prevent the initiation of the dysrhythmia -- this can be done with a beta blocker by prenenting PACS 2. She had an echocardiogram which was normal. Smith: should we give adenosine again? Adenosine worked. It converted the rhythm.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
DECEMBER 19, 2022
With this test, an echocardiogram is done at rest to study the pumping ability of the heart. The heart is an electrical organ and occasionally the electrics can choose to malfunction and the patient may develop a heart rhythm disturbance or a dysrhythmia such as AF or SVT or VT. You can only diagnose it in retrospect.
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