Chapter 5 The Electrocardiography of Shortness of Breath Key Points There are at least three common “shortness of breath emergencies” – pulmonary thromboembolism, pericardial effusion and myocarditis – where the…
Chapter 4 Posterior Wall Myocardial Infarction Key Points Posterior wall ST-elevation myocardial infarction commonly occurs as a complication (or extension) of acute inferior wall STEMI. In this setting, ST-segment depressions…
Chapter 2 Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction Key Points Inferior wall myocardial infarction (IMI) is the most common ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The classic features of inferior STEMI are unmistakable: The…
Chapter 1 The Normal Electrocardiogram A Brief Review Chapter 1 reviews the genesis and inherent logic of the normal 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG). This chapter explains, electrophysiologically and anatomically, “normal sinus…
Abstract Following a brief introduction listing the salient aspects of heart transplantation as they pertain to children, there is a detailed section on assessment of the explanted heart with special…
Abstract The chapter opens with observations on the normal fetal heart and proceeds to a discussion of fetal hydrops and its associated cardiac causes. There follows a treatment of the…
Abstract A brief reprise of normal coronary artery structure is followed by a discussion of normal anatomical variants of the coronary arteries. The commoner abnormal variants, including origin of the…
Abstract This chapter surveys the entire spectrum of tumours that are described in the fetus, infant and child. The commoner tumours (rhabdomyoma, fibroma, teratoma, myxoma) are discussed in detail, but…
Abstract This chapter deals with the inherited metabolic diseases affecting the heart in which there are morphological changes sufficient to permit a tentative diagnosis to be offered by a pathologist….
Abstract A brief introduction on demographics is followed by a section on the aims of investigation of sudden cardiac death. Specific cardiac causes are dealt with in turn: congenital heart…
