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Percutaneous atrial septal defect closure in limited-resource setting: a decade-long experience from Ethiopia

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

and paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) (5.3%), respectively. The patients were divided into two groups based on age: Group 1 included children and adolescents (18 years of age; n=42), while Group 2 consisted of adults (>18 years of age; n=57), at the time of device percutaneous closure. and Group 2: 2.5 (IQR

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ECG Blog #402 — Will Adenosine Convert This?

Ken Grauer, MD

PEARL # 2: When the rate of AFib is rapid — this irregular tachycardia may look regular when it is not. Figure-5: Pages 1 and 2 on Pros & Cons of using Adenosine ( excerpted from my ACLS-2013-ePub ). Figure-6: Pages 3 and 4 on Pros & Cons of using Adenosine ( excerpted from my ACLS-2013-ePub ). =

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A Different Kind of Wide Rhythm -- Pleomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

COMPARE ECG #1 with ECG #2: I think the easiest way to make the case for Pleomorphic VT is to compare the 2 tracings in Figure-3: I took ECG #2 in Figure-2, from the October 12, 2013 post in Dr. Smith’s ECG Blog. WHY CARE about QRS Morphology with VT?

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Overcoming Status Quo Bias: Embracing Evidence-Based Guidelines in Cardiometabolic Care 

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

Arrhythmias : A leadless pacemaker-defibrillator system provides antitachycardia pacing for ventricular tachycardia in patients with subcutaneous ICDs. Preventive Cardiology : The new PREVENT risk calculator is more accurate than the 2013 PCEs’ ASCVD risk estimates and is recommended for risk stratification.

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ECG Blog #391 — Asymptomatic but Irregular.

Ken Grauer, MD

Atrial fibrillation, atrial tachycardia or atrial flutter with Wenckebach conduction. A DDENDUM ( 8/19/2023 ) In the following 3 Figures — I post written summary from my ACLS-2013-ePub regarding the basics of Aberrant Conduction. Figure-4: Aberrant Conduction — Refractory periods/Coupling intervals ( from my ACLS-2013-ePub ).

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ECG Blog #363 — How Many Directions?

Ken Grauer, MD

NOTE: References I used for my above discussion of BiDirectional VT were — Ali et al ( J Coll Phys and Surgeons Pakistan 23(5):347-349, 2013 ) — and — Femenia, Baranchuk et al ( Indian Pacing Electrophysiol J 12(2):65-68, 2012 ). Contrast today's rhythm with true ventricular bigeminy — that was seen in ECG Blog #343 ).

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ECG Blog #368 — Why So Fast?

Ken Grauer, MD

ANSWER: Treatment of the exceedingly rapid (ie, 1:1 AV conduction ) pattern of AFlutter seen in ECG #1 — resulted in considerable slowing of the rhythm, as seen in ECG #2 : The rhythm in ECG #2 — is a regular tachycardia at a rate just under 150/minute ( ie, about half as fast as the rhythm in ECG #1 ).

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