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1
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most commonly involved artery in MI

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LADA > RCA > LCA

2
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LADA > RCA > LCA

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most commonly involved arteries in MI

3
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LADA supplies

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ant wall + ant septum of LV

4
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supplies ant wall + ant septum of LV

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LADA

5
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rheumatic fever is the most common cause of

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mitral stenosis

6
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mitral stenosis is most commonly caused by

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rheumatic fever

7
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prinzmental angina

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episodic CP that occurs at rest, due to coronary a vasospasm

8
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episodic CP that occurs at rest

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prinzmental angina

9
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ECG changes seen in prinzmental angina

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STE, due to transmural ischaemia

10
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HTN clinic + average values

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clinic >140/90, average daytime >135/85

11
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start CaChB as 1st line for HTN in

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people >55y.o. or of Afro-Caribbean descent

12
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people >55y.o. or of Afro-Caribbean descent 1st line for HTN

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start CaChB as 1st line

13
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start ACEi as 1st line for HTN

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people <55y.o.

14
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people <55y.o. with HTN 1st line is

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ACEi

15
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Brugada S

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ECG abnormality in a structurally N heart, mutation in cardiac Na+Ch gene (Na channelopathy), high incidence of sudden death, males > females

16
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ECG abnormality in a structurally N heart, mutation in cardiac Na+Ch gene (Na channelopathy), high incidence of sudden death, males > females

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Brugada S

17
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Brugada S diagnostic criteria

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coved STE (>2 sm square, >1 V1-3 lead) followed by inverted T, plus one of: doccumented VF, polymorphic VT, FH of sudden cardiac death <45 y.o., coved-type ECG in family members, syncope, nocturnal agonal respiration

18
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coved STE (>2 sm square, >1 V1-3 lead) followed by inverted T, plus one of: doccumented VF, polymorphic VT, FH of sudden cardiac death <45 y.o., coved-type ECG in family members, syncope, nocturnal agonal respiration

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diagnostic criteria for Brugada S

19
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Brugada S management

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risk stratification, diagnostic testing, ICD

20
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long QT S

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females > males, syncope, increasing age, comorbidities, athletes

21
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females > males, syncope, increasing age, comorbidities, athletes

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long QT S

22
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cardiac tamponade

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chest trauma, quiet hears sounds, cool peripheries, bx coarse crackles (suggestive of early pulmonary oedema), hypotension, tachycardia, low V QRS, pericardial frictional rub, distended nek v, hepatomegaly

23
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chest trauma, quiet hears sounds, cool peripheries, bx coarse crackles, hypotension, tachycardia, low V QRS, pericardial frictional rub, distended nek v, hepatomegaly

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cardiac tamponade

24
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cardiac tamponade management

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ECHO guided pericardiocentesis

25
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ECHO guided pericardiocentesis is the management for

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cardiac tamponade