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Catheterization for Congenital Heart Disease Adjustment for Risk Method II

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print. The derivation data set consisted of cases performed from 2014 to 2017, and the validation data set consisted of cases performed from 2019 to 2020. kg at all Congenital Cardiac Catheterization Project on Outcomes participating centers.

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"A patient just arrived as a transfer for NSTEMI."

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions , 7(5), 645–655. Buller, C. Starovoytov, A., Robinson, S., Vuurmans, T., Humphries, K., & & Mancini, G. Spontaneous coronary artery dissection. link] The patient was managed conservatively and started on medical therapy including nitrates with resolution of her symptoms.

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A Tough ECG, But Learn From It!

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Am Heart J December 2014; 168:884-90. == MY Comment , by K EN G RAUER, MD ( 12/6 / 2023 ): == Even a decade ago — Dr. Marti D et al. Incidence Incidence, angiographic features and outcomes of patients presenting with subtle ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

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Occlusion myocardial infarction is a clinical diagnosis

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Both the outdated 2014 AHA/ACC guidelines and the updated 2023 ESC guidelines recommend immediate invasive management of patients with uncontrolled chest pain. 2014 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes. Immediate versus delayed invasive intervention for non-stemi patients.

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Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

Institutional Coronary Artery Bypass Case Volumes and Outcomes European Journal of Heart Failure October 2023 Makoto Mori Robotic Mitral Valve Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation The Annals of Thoracic Surgery August 2023 Carlos Diaz-Castrillion Volume-Failure to Rescue Relationship in Acute Type A Aortic Dissections: An Analysis of The Society (..)

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Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

Institutional Coronary Artery Bypass Case Volumes and Outcomes European Journal of Heart Failure October 2023 Makoto Mori 1 Robotic Mitral Valve Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation The Annals of Thoracic Surgery August 2023 Carlos Diaz-Castrillion 2 Volume-Failure to Rescue Relationship in Acute Type A Aortic Dissections: An Analysis of The (..)

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Patient is informed of her husband's death: is it OMI or it stress cardiomyopathy?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions , 82 (6), 909913. Note characteristic ballooning of the apex and hypercontractility of the base during cardiac cath ( Figure excerpted from Grauer K: ECG-2014- Expanded ePub, KG/EKG Press ). = SanzRuiz, R., Solis, J., & & FernndezAvils, F. link] Bai, J., Tang, Z., &