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Chapters · 12
imaging-noninvasive
5
hypertension-aorta-peripheral
5
heart-failure
10
arrhythmias
12
acute-cardiovascular-care
2
valvular-heart-disease
7
special-populations
1
pericardial-myocardial-other
2
pulmonary-circulation
3
ischaemic-heart-disease
9
prevention-risk
3
adult-congenital-heart-disease
1
01
imaging-noninvasive
5 entries
2:1 AV block with LBBB: finding the level of block — case discussion
Cardiac MRI — practice case: suspected amyloidosis with a pacemaker
Echocardiography core measures — practice case: breathlessness, AF and a preserved LVEF
Paradoxical low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis in an older woman — case discussion
Posterior myocardial infarction behind anteroseptal ST depression — case discussion
02
hypertension-aorta-peripheral
5 entries
Acute type A aortic dissection — case discussion
Elevated BP with borderline risk — case discussion
Hypertension with low potassium in a 38-year-old woman — case discussion
Malignant hypertension with acute kidney injury — case discussion
Resistant hypertension in a woman with type 2 diabetes — case discussion
03
heart-failure
10 entries
Advanced HFrEF, inotrope dependence and LVAD as bridge to candidacy — case discussion
ATTR cardiac amyloidosis found during aortic stenosis work-up — case discussion
Breathless with a normal ejection fraction — HFpEF case discussion
Decompensated heart failure with right-sided congestion and rapid AF — case discussion
Exertional syncope in a young footballer — case discussion
Giant-cell myocarditis presenting in shock — case discussion
Iron deficiency, diabetes and gout in HFrEF — case discussion
Ischaemic HFrEF with LBBB — ICD, CRT-D and atrial fibrillation: case discussion
New HFrEF after emergency admission — case discussion
STEMI complicated by cardiogenic shock — case discussion
04
arrhythmias
12 entries
AF with reduced ejection fraction and COPD: choosing rate control — case discussion
Amiodarone for AF with HFrEF: choice, monitoring and pulmonary toxicity — case discussion
Cardiac arrest while swimming: long QT syndrome type 1 — case discussion
Cardioversion of atrial fibrillation in heart failure with left atrial appendage thrombus — case discussion
Conduction disturbance at TAVI in a woman with right bundle branch block — case discussion
New AF with a fast rate and a weak ventricle — case discussion
Pre-excited atrial fibrillation in a young athlete — case discussion
Recurrent paroxysmal AF despite flecainide — case discussion
Recurrent SVT in pregnancy — case discussion
Syncope with bifascicular block after myocardial infarction — case discussion
Typical atrial flutter in a man with COPD — case discussion
Wide QRS tachycardia after myocardial infarction — VT case discussion
05
acute-cardiovascular-care
2 entries
Anterior STEMI with cardiogenic shock at a regional hospital — case discussion
New murmur and breathlessness before hip replacement — case discussion
06
valvular-heart-disease
7 entries
Asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis unmasked on a treadmill — case discussion
Bicuspid aortic valve with severe aortic regurgitation and a dilated ascending aorta — case discussion
Flash pulmonary oedema after inferior MI — case discussion
Low-gradient severe aortic stenosis referred as deconditioning — case discussion
Mechanical mitral valve thrombosis after stopping warfarin — case discussion
Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) prosthetic valve endocarditis — case discussion
Rheumatic mitral stenosis with new atrial fibrillation in a young woman — case discussion
07
special-populations
1 entry
Chronic hypertension through pregnancy to superimposed pre-eclampsia — case discussion
08
pericardial-myocardial-other
2 entries
First episode of acute pericarditis and its recurrence — case discussion
Malignant cardiac tamponade — case discussion
09
pulmonary-circulation
3 entries
Idiopathic PAH in a young woman — case discussion
Intermediate-high-risk pulmonary embolism — case discussion
Post-operative high-risk PE with a contraindication to thrombolysis — case discussion
10
ischaemic-heart-disease
9 entries
Inferior STEMI at a non-PCI centre — case discussion
Low-risk acute chest pain, then stable symptoms — case discussion
NSTEMI in an older woman with diabetes and CKD — case discussion
Older woman on DAPT after NSTEMI: bleeding risk, surgery and a bleed — case discussion
Papillary muscle rupture after inferolateral STEMI — case discussion
Persistent angina after MI and PCI with diabetes — case discussion
Persistent angina with non-obstructive coronary arteries — case discussion
Post-partum SCAD with ongoing ischaemia — case discussion
Secondary prevention after non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome with high bleeding risk — case discussion
11
prevention-risk
3 entries
Intermediate cardiovascular risk in an Australian man — case discussion
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol lowering after non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction in a treatment-naive patient — case discussion
Type 2 diabetes and decompensated heart failure on pioglitazone — case discussion
12
adult-congenital-heart-disease
1 entry
Secundum ASD with pulmonary arterial hypertension — case discussion