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Full Reviews Heart Sounds Heart Murmurs Atrial fibrillation Coronary Artery Disease - Stable Angina Coronary Artery Disease - Unstable Angina/NSTEMI Coronary Artery Disease - STEMI Systolic Congestive Heart Failure Aortic Stenosis Aortic Regurgitation Mitral Stenosis Mitral Regurgitation Acid-Base Disorders Quick Reviews and Definitions # 2:1 AV Block - ECG A Abascal Echocardiographic Score Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm ACC/AHA Heart Failure Classification Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm - Slow VT Acute Coronary Syndromes Adenosine Adenosine sensitive ventricular tachycardia Adson's sign Afterload Ajmaline Aldosterone antagonists Alfieri stitch Alpha agonists Alpha blockers Amiodarone Amiodarone toxicity Amyl nitrate Amyloid cardiomyopathy Angina - Stable Angina - Unstable/NSTEMI Angina - Variant Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE inhibitors) Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) Anitschkow myocyte Anterior myocardial infarction Antiarrhythmic drugs Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH) antagonists Aortic annular abscess Aortic Dissection - Ascending Aortic Dissection - Descending Aortic Valve Regurgitation Aortic Valve Stenosis Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia (ARVD) Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Ashman's Phenomenon (Ashman beat) Aspirin Asystole Atherosclerosis Atrial appendage thrombus Atrial fibrillation Atrial fibrillation ablation Atrial flutter Atrial flutter ablation Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) Atrial septal defect - Primum Atrial septal defect - Secundum Atrial tachycardia Atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia (AVNRT) Atrioventricular node (AV node) Atrioventricular node ablation Atrioventricular reentry tachycardia (AVRT) Atrioventricular valves Auenbrugger sign Automated external defibrillator (AED) Automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD) B B-type natriuretic peptide Bainbridge reflex Barth's syndrome Batista procedure Bernheim effect Beta blocker overdose Beta blockers Bezold-Jarisch reflex Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia Bifascicular block Bicuspid aortic valve Bivalirudin Biventricular pacing Bland-White-Garland syndrome Blue man syndrome Bozzolo's sign Bretylium Brockenbrough phenomenon Brugada criteria Brugada syndrome C C-reactive protein Cabrera's sign Calcium channel blockers Cannon A wave Cardiac cachexia Cardiac contusion Cardiac cycle Cardiac enzymes Cardiac output Cardiac tamponade Cardiac tumors Cardiogenic shock Cardiomyopathy Cardiorenal syndrome Cardioversion Carey Coombs murmur Carney complex Carotid artery disease Carotid body tumor Carvallo's sign CHADS 2 score CHADS 2 Vasc score Chagas disease Chapman's sign Cinchonism Circumflex coronary artery Clonidine Clopidogrel Cocaine Commotio cordis Complete heart block Congestive heart failure - diastolic Congestive heart failure - systolic Constrictive pericarditis Coronary aneurysm Coronary anomalies Coronary calcium score (CCS) Coronary dissection Corrigan's pulse COX-2 inhibitors Creatine kinase (CK) D Dabigatran de Musset sign Diastolic dysfunction Diastolic mitral regurgitation Digoxin Digoxin toxicity Dilated cardiomyopathy Direct thrombin inhibitors Disopyramide Dock's murmur Dressler's beat Dressler's syndrome Dronedarone Duke Criteria - endocarditis Duke treadmill score Durant's maneuver Duroziez's sign E Ebstein's anomaly Edeiken pattern Encainide Endocarditis Endomyocardial fibrosis Epinephrine Eplerenone Epsilon wave Erb's point Ewart's sign Ezetimibe F Facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) Fibric acid derivatives (fibrates) Fibrinolytic therapy (thrombolytic therapy) Fibromuscular dysplasia First degree AV block First heart sound - S1 Fixed split S2 heart sound Flecainide Fourth heart sound - S4 Frank-Starling Law Friedreich's sign Functional mitral regurgitation G Galliverdin phenomenon Gerbode defect Gerhardt's sign Giant cell myocarditis Goetz sign Gorlin equation Grading diastolic murmurs Grading systolic murmurs Graham Steele murmur H HACEK organisms Hamman's sign Heart Sounds Heart Murmurs Heart transplantation Heparin (unfractionated) Heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) Heyde's syndrome High grade AV block (advanced heart block) Hill's sign HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors Holiday heart Hydralazine Hyperkalemia - ECG Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) Hypotension I Ibutilide Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) Inferior myocardial infarction J J point Janeway lesions Jervell-Lange-Nielsen syndrome K Killip classification L Lancisi's sign Landolfi's sign Law of Laplace Left anterior descending (LAD) Left anterior fascicular block Left atrial enlargement Left atrial myxoma Left bundle branch block (LBBB) Left main coronary artery Left posterior fascicular block (LPFB) Left ventricular aneurysm Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) Left ventricular hypertrophy Left ventricular non-compaction Lenegre's disease (Lev's disease) Lidocaine Lidocaine toxicity Loeffler's endocarditis Long QT syndrome Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) Low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) Low voltage - ECG Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome (LGL) Lutembacher's syndrome M MacCallum's plaques Maladie de Roger Marantic endocarditis Mayne's sign McGinn-White sign Means-Lerman scratch Mexiletine Minoxidil Mitral clip Mitral facies Mitral valve prolapse Mitral valve regurgitation Mitral valve stenosis Morzicine Muller's sign Multifocal atrial tachycardia (MAT) Myocardial bridging Myocardial infarction - STEMI Myoglobin N Naxos disease Nesiritide New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class Nitroglycerine Non-compaction (left ventricular) Non-conducted premature atrial contractions (blocked PACs) Non-Q wave myocardial infarction (NQWMI) Non-transmural myocardial infarction Norepinephrine NT-Pro B-type natriuretic peptide (NT Pro-BNP) O Obstructive sleep apnea Organic mitral regurgitation Orthodeoxia Ortner's syndrome Osborn wave Osler's node P P wave Pacemaker Paradoxically split S2 heart sound Pardee waves Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) Percutaneous Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty (PBMV) Pericardial cyst Pericardial effusion Pericardial knock Pericarditis - ECG Peripartum cardiomyopathy Pill in the pocket Platypnea Point of Maximal Intensity (PMI) Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (Torsades de Pointes) Posterior myocardial infarction PR interval Preload Premature atrial contractions (PACs) Premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) Prinzmetal's angina Procainamide Pulmonary apoplexy Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation Pulmonic valve regurgitation Pulmonic valve stenosis Pulseless electrical activity (PEA) Pulsus bisferiens Pulsus paradoxus Q Q wave Q wave myocardial infarction QRS complex QT interval Quincke's sign Quinidine R Raisinghani sign Regadenoson Rescue percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) Restrictive cardiomyopathy Reverse Bernheim effect Rheumatic heart disease Right bundle branch block Right coronary artery (RCA) Right heart failure Right ventricular hypertrophy Rivaroxaban Romano-Ward syndrome Rosenbach's sign Roth spots S Sailer's sign Salus' sign Second degree type I AV block Second degree type II AV block Second heart sound - S2 Semilunar valves Sgarbossa criteria Shelly sign Shock Shone's complex Sick sinus syndrome (SSS) Signal averaged ECG (SAECG) Sinus arrhythmia Sinus bradycardia Sinus rhythm Sinus tachycardia Sotalol ST segment Still's murmur Stokes Adams attacks Sudden cardiac death Supraventricular tachycardia T T wave Tetralogy of Fallot Texidor's twinge Thienopyridines Third heart sound - S3 Ticlopidine Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) Transmural myocardial infarction Transposition of the great vessels Traube sign Tricuspid atresia Tricuspid regurgitation Tricuspid stenosis Tricuspid valve excision Trifascicular block Triglycerides Troponin Twiddler's syndrome U Uhl''s anomaly V V wave Valsalva maneuver Vaughan-Williams classification Ventricular septal defect (VSD) Ventricular tachycardia Venturi effect Verapamil sensitive ventricular tachycardia W Wandering atrial pacemaker (WAP) Warfarin Wellen's sign - ECG Wenckebach heart block (second degree type I AV block) Wilkin's score Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome X Xanthelasma Xanthopsia Y Z
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