For at least 25 years, people have circulated this purported health advice for surviving a heart attack "when you're alone." ...

He began to respond while resuscitation and precordial percussion were being performed. However, 2 recurrent episodes of asystole occurred within the next few minutes. He awoke and felt weak ...

one could be forgiven for imagining Uni Percussion of Taiwan to be a large group of percussionists ready to make a big noise. However, Uni was Hsueh Yung-Chih, a veritable one-woman band.

Dr Sooj said: “Precordial catch syndrome is more common in younger healthy people and it’s linked to irritation of the intercostal nerves that run through your chest wall. And it often happens ...

Objective: Precordial ECGs reveal significant intrasubject variability due to the inexact employment of the recommended V 1-V 6 chest landmarks. Also, as per the Einthoven law, the six limb leads ...

Ileal mesenteric cyst in a patient with immediate abdominal emergency: always consider appendicitis.

Surgery may be required to stabilize the slipping rib. Precordial catch is a completely benign and very common condition, generally seen in children or young adults. With this condition, sudden, sharp ...

Pain or discomfort in the chest (front or back) The chest includes from the top to the bottom of the rib cage Chest pains in children lasting for a few minutes are usually harmless. The pain can be ...

ST segment (terminal portion) gradually descending elevated ≥1 mm elevated <1 mm Figure 1. Precordial leads of a resuscitated patient with Brugada syndrome. Note the dynamic ECG changes in the course ...