This content is machine translated Sudden cardiac death after myocardial infarction New perspectives for risk stratification and prevention Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide and is particularly common in patients who have survived a myocardial infarction (MI). Despite significant advances in…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Supraventricular tachycardias ECG interpretation in SVT Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) occurs in the general population with a prevalence of approximately 2-3/1000 population. Many people can be helped by adequate diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmias, and the correct…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated SVT Narrow complex tachycardia – differential diagnosis and management. Narrow complex tachycardia is a common clinical presentation. Reentry, in particular, provides persistent tachycardia. The prerequisite for the development of reentry tachycardia is a substrate with two distinct conduction pathways…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. Rare functional disorder of the structurally healthy heart muscle Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) is a rare ion channel disease without macroscopically detectable structural cardiopathy. It occurs exclusively in childhood and adolescence and has a high mortality if untreated.…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Cardiac diseases in women Arrhythmias during pregnancy Arrhythmias are one of the most common cardiac complications during pregnancy in women with and without known structural heart disease. Arrhythmias that were previously infrequent may become more frequent during…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated WPW Syndrome Diagnosis and therapy in Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome In patients with WPW syndrome, orthodromic AV reentry tachycardia (regular narrow complex tachycardia) is most common, but antidromic AV reentry tachycardia (regular wide complex tachycardia) or atrial fibrillation with conduction…
