Difference between revisions of "Cardiac arrhythmias"

Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 14: Line 14:
==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
Features - associated with ventricular fibrillation:<ref name=pmid15837088>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Baroldi | first1 = G. | last2 = Silver | first2 = MD. | last3 = Parolini | first3 = M. | last4 = Pomara | first4 = C. | last5 = Turillazzi | first5 = E. | last6 = Fineschi | first6 = V. | title = Myofiberbreak-up: a marker of ventricular fibrillation in sudden cardiac death. | journal = Int J Cardiol | volume = 100 | issue = 3 | pages = 435-41 | month = Apr | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.10.007 | PMID = 15837088 }}</ref>
Features - associated with ventricular fibrillation:<ref name=pmid15837088>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Baroldi | first1 = G. | last2 = Silver | first2 = MD. | last3 = Parolini | first3 = M. | last4 = Pomara | first4 = C. | last5 = Turillazzi | first5 = E. | last6 = Fineschi | first6 = V. | title = Myofiberbreak-up: a marker of ventricular fibrillation in sudden cardiac death. | journal = Int J Cardiol | volume = 100 | issue = 3 | pages = 435-41 | month = Apr | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.10.007 | PMID = 15837088 }}</ref>
*Myofiber break-up (MFB) - '''key feature'''.
*Myofiberbreak-up (MFB) - '''key feature'''.
**Fractures of the sarcomeres perpendicular to the long axis.   
**Fractures of the sarcomeres perpendicular to the long axis.   
**Associated with square nuclei.
**Associated with square nuclei.
Line 24: Line 24:
===Images===
===Images===
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image: Cardiac myofiberbreakup -- intermed mag.jpg | MFB - intermed. mag. (WC)
Image: Cardiac myofiberbreak-up -- intermed mag.jpg | MFB - intermed. mag. (WC)
Image: Cardiac myofiberbreakup -- high mag.jpg | MFB - high mag. (WC)
Image: Cardiac myofiberbreak-up -- high mag.jpg | MFB - high mag. (WC)
Image: Cardiac myofiberbreakup -- very high mag.jpg | MFB - very high mag. (WC)
Image: Cardiac myofiberbreak-up -- very high mag.jpg | MFB - very high mag. (WC)
Image: Cardiac myofiberbreakup -- alt - very high mag.jpg | MFB - very high mag. (WC)
Image: Cardiac myofiberbreak-up -- alt - very high mag.jpg | MFB - very high mag. (WC)
</gallery>
</gallery>


48,460

edits

Navigation menu