SF Journal of Cardiology
Published articles in this issue
Abstract: Dobutamine stress echo is well validated non-invasive test for diagnosis of myocardial ischemia and viability by increasing the heart rate and myocardial oxygen demand so precipitate ischemia in presence of a flow limiting coronary artery stenosis, but interpretation of the test depends mainly on subjective analysis of wall motion abnormality which is not easy especially with rapid heart rate at peak dose
Abstract: Iatrogenic left main coronary artery (LMCA) dissection is a potentially fatal complication of coronary intervention which requires rapid and effective management
Abstract: Permanent pacemaker implantations have been lately increasing in numbers due to the population aging and the increase prevalence of heart diseases globally. A female patient, 84 years of age received a mechanical pacemaker due to bradycardia (33-39 beats per/min heart rate). The patient presented no complications.
Abstract: There is a high inflow of patients at most medical emergency departments (ED). In 2013 the Medical Emergency Care (MEC) healthcare chain was introduced at the NU-hospital group, Sweden