A 38-year-old gentleman has just finished a course of antibiotics for pneumonia, but his symptoms aren’t resolving…
A Broken Heart
A recently widowed 36-year-old female presents with chest pain and shortness of breath. Her ECG features diffuse ST elevation.…
Left Ventricular Assist Devices in the Emergency Department
This learning module covers the basics of what an LVAD is, the common complications an emergency medical team may have to deal with, and the management of a collapsed LVAD patient.…
Left Ventricular Assist Devices in the Emergency Department
This learning module covers the basics of what an LVAD is, the common complications an emergency medical team may have to deal with, and the management of a collapsed LVAD patient.…
Causes and Management of Myocarditis
Myocarditis is an uncommon disease but it has a significant morbidity and mortality…
Causes and Management of Myocarditis
Myocarditis is an acute infectious or immunologically mediated syndrome causing inflammation of the heart muscle.…
The heart of the matter
A 62-year-old woman presents with chest pain, fever, and systolic murmur.…
Cardiac Transplant Patients
Cardiac transplantation is an effective treatment for end stage heart failure. Five year survival is around 75%.…
Management of Cardiac Transplant Patients in the Emergency Department
Management of Cardiac Transplant Patients in the Emergency Department…
Acute Pericarditis
This session will look at the risk stratification and management of patients with acute pericarditis…
Pericarditis
Acute Pericarditis is a well-recognised cause of chest pain. Patients with pericarditis are seen commonly in the Emergency Department.…
Endocarditis
Endocarditis…
Chest Pain Syndromes
This session is about achieving a diagnosis in a patient presenting with chest pain…
ST Elevation without Infarction
Cardiac causes of ST segment elevation unrelated to acute myocardial infarction (MI) and the non-cardiac causes which might present similarly to MI.…