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

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

It was edited by Smith CASE : A 52-year-old male with a past medical history of hypertension and COPD summoned EMS with complaints of chest pain, weakness and nausea. Author continued : STE in aVR is often due to left main coronary artery obstruction (OR 4.72), and is associated with in-hospital cardiovascular mortality (OR 5.58).

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Abstract 4139913: Obstructive sleep apnoea predicts a worse survival in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy following septal myoectomy

Circulation

In this study, we aimed to investigate the clinical outcomes in oHCM patients with different severities of OSA.Method:We prospectively enrolled 330 oHCM who underwent septal myoectomy at our institution from January 2015 to December 2019. All patient underwent a standard polysomnography was performed on. vs. 52.22 ± 10.33 vs. 26.32 ± 3.00

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Pulmonary edema, with tachycardia and OMI on the ECG -- what is going on?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A 69 year old woman with a history of hypertension presented to the emergency department by EMS for evaluation of chest pain and shortness of breath. The patient was again sent home with a plan for surgical aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass grafting to the PDA. This was written by Hans Helseth.