Heart BMJ

JULY 25, 2024

Background Data on the management of patients with cancer presenting with sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) are scarce. Methods Prospective, population-based registry including every out-of-hospital SCA in adults in Paris and its suburbs, between 2011 and 2019, with a specific focus on patients with cancer.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

However, few national population‐based studies have investigated the comprehensive effectiveness of those updates for out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest due to shockable rhythms. in 2006, and 3.01 in 2015). in 2006, and 3.01

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Ken Grauer, MD

JUNE 27, 2024

He developed cardiac arrest shortly after the ECG in Figure-1 was recorded. C ASE C onclusion: As noted above — today's patient developed cardiac arrest shortly after arrival in the ED. Multifocal vs Polymorphic VT — September 23, 2011 post from Dr. S. QUESTIONS: How would YOU interpret the ECG in Figure-1 ?

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Open Heart

AUGUST 27, 2023

Methods and results 2407 consecutive patients presenting to Harefield Hospital with measured arterial blood gases, from January 2011 to December 2020, were studied to build the training set. 30-day mortality in this group was 17.2%. 1 point, 5–9.9: The validation metrics were excellent with a c-statistic of 0.9,

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 14, 2023

Two recent interventions have proven in randomized trials to improve neurologic survival in cardiac arrest: 1) the combination of the ResQPod and the ResQPump (suction device for compression-decompression CPR -- Lancet 2011 ) and 2) Dual Sequential defibrillation.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 21, 2024

Of interest — the ectopic beats triggering PMVT/VFib in such studies were often mapped to endocardial sites displaying Purkinje potentials within the myocardial scar — suggesting potential responsivity to a 1A agent ( Nogami — Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 34(8): 1034-1049, 2011 ).

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Ken Grauer, MD

JULY 29, 2023

The ECG in Figure-1 was obtained from an 18-year old woman — who moments before been resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Does this ECG in Figure-1 provide clue(s) to the etiology of this patient's cardiac arrest? I suspected the answer resides in the reason why an 18-year woman might have a cardiac arrest.

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