Tachycardia  Tachycardia is defined as a heart rate above 100 beats per minute, but symptomatic tachycardia generally involves rates over 150 beats per minute, unless underlying ventricular dysfunction exists. Management of tachyarrhythmias is determined by the presence of clinical symptoms

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Hypertensive Emergencies Patients with a systolic BP (SBP) > 179 mm Hg or a diastolic BP (DBP) > 109 mm Hg are usually considered to be having a “hypertensive crisis.” Severe elevations in BP were classified as hypertensive emergencies in

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Cardiac Arrest Sudden cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac death refer to the sudden cessation of cardiac activity with hemodynamic collapse, typically due to sustained ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation.    Etiology: Coronary artery disease – 70% of sudden cardiac arrests are due to CAD. Other structural

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