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Diffuse Subendocardial Ischemia on the ECG. Left main? 3-vessel disease? No!

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myocardial infarction), arrhythmias, valvular pathology, shunts, or outflow obstructions. NEJM 362(9):779; March 4, 2009. NEJM 362(9):779; March 4, 2009. Fundamentally, cardiogenic shock is an issue of decreased cardiac output. This may be secondary to multiple factors, including decreased cardiac contractility (ie.

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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

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in 2010 EM Clinics of North America (full text link) For an Exhaustive Review of Syncope and its full management outside the ED environment, go to the 2009 European Society of Cardiology Guidelines (full text pdf). Yield of Diagnostic Tests in Evaluating Syncopal Episodes in Older Patients Arch Intern Med 2009 Jul 27; 169:1299-1305.