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Thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) risk score

The thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) risk score is a prognostic risk stratification system that categorizes the risk of death and ischemic events in patients with unstable angina / non-ST elevation myocardial infarction and provides a basis for therapeutic decision making. It is thou...
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Takeuchi procedure

The Takeuchi procedure refers to a direct anastomosis of the anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery directly to the aorta was described in the 1970s and remains the procedure of choice. An intrapulmonary aortocoronary tunnel or baffle was performed by Takeuchi prior to the abo...
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Atrial septal defect

  Diagnosis certain
Jeremy Jones
Published 06 Jan 2010
88% complete
X-ray
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Transthyretin amyloidosis

Transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis is a form of systemic amyloidosis characterized by the misfolding, aggregation and deposition of transthyretin-related (TTR) protein in various organs 1-6. This can occur in the following two forms namely in the setting of a genetically normal transthyretin-relat...
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Years criteria for pulmonary embolism

The YEARS criteria is a diagnostic algorithm that determines the risk of pulmonary embolism (PE) derived from three items in the Wells score that are most predictive of PE1. Unlike the Wells score, it uses a variable D-dimer threshold based off clinical pre-test probability. The YEARS criteria i...
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Chronic myocarditis

Chronic myocarditis is a prolonged or ongoing myocardial inflammation in the setting of non-dilated or mildly dilated cardiomyopathy 1-5. There have been significant differences concerning the exact definition of the concept as well as the time interval after the onset of symptoms, with the latt...
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Wearable cardiac defibrillator

  Diagnosis certain
Desiree Rassa Eshraghi
Published 03 Apr 2024
97% complete
X-ray
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Anomalous LCA with benign prepulmonary course

  Diagnosis certain
Craig Hacking
Published 24 Jun 2015
92% complete
CT
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Myocardial infarction

  Diagnosis certain
Paul Kettnaker
Published 03 May 2024
95% complete
DSA (angiography) MRI
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Pulmonary embolism with right ventricular thrombus

  Diagnosis certain
Karen Machang'a
Published 17 Mar 2024
95% complete
CT X-ray Ultrasound
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Isomerism

Isomerism is a term which in general means 'mirror-image' and refers to finding normally-asymmetric bilateral structures to be similar. It is used in the context of heterotaxy and is of two types: left isomerism right isomerism Left isomerism Mirror image of the structures on the left side o...
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Question 1490

A 65-year-old woman presents with abdominal pain, tenderness, fever, and pus discharge from a midline incision site 1 month after hysterectomy. What is the most likely diagnosis?

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Question 2386

Which major epicardial coronary artery do the obtuse marginal branches arise from?

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Question 2389

An anomalous coronary artery with an interarterial course passes between which two structures?

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Question 1912

According to the 1995 WHO / International Society and Federation of Cardiology (ISFC) system, all the following cardiomyopathies are of acquired origin EXCEPT...

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Question 2387

What percentage of stenosis is represented under CAD-RADS category 3 - moderate stenosis?

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Question 2367

Which of the following is true for an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP)?

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Question 2388

Which combination of the below are considered high-risk plaque features?

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Question 2658

What is the most likely etiology of the vascular abnormality shown?

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Question 2426

The ability to “freeze” motion in CT is related most closely with what parameter?

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