Mechanisms of Tachycardia Introduction The three mechanisms responsible for tachycardia are 1) reentry, 2) enhanced automaticity, and 3) triggered activity. Electrocardiographic presentations of tachycardia are mechanism specific including its initiation,…
Key Words: vascular trauma , austere setting , resources , logistics , military , nongovernmental , team Introduction Vascular surgery is normally conducted in a highly technical environment with…
Key Words:vascular trauma , vascular surgery , endovascular , hemorrhage control , shunt Epidemiologic Considerations Vascular trauma in Israel includes the usual myriad of causes for vascular trauma as…
Key Words: cardiac injury , cardiac tamponade , great vessel injury , endovascular stent graft , lung injury , pulmonary tractotomy Introduction Penetrating injuries to the heart and great…
Key Words: lower extremity trauma , mangled extremity , tourniquet , vascular shunt , venous injury , arterial injury , amputation Introduction Vascular injury to the lower extremity is…
Key Words:battlefield , extremity injury , vascular injury , amputation , trauma , combat , tactical medicine , military trauma , arterial repair , ligation Introduction Russian surgeons have…
Key Words: junctional zone injuries , upper extremity vascular injuries , subclavian artery , axillary artery , brachial artery , radial artery , ulnar artery , upper extremity venous injury…
Key Words:vascular trauma , fasciotomy , ischemia time , reperfusion injury Introduction Sri Lanka has emerged from a 30-year-long civil war that commenced in 1983. A group calling themselves…
Key Words:South Africa , vascular , injury , hemostasis , endovascular , shunts Region-Specific Epidemiology South Africa is a large country (1,200,000 sq km 2 ), with a population…
Key Words:venous thromboembolism , prophylaxis , filter , indications , complications Filters and Terminology A variety of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters are available on the market today and…
