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Atherothrombotic Outcomes After Sodium‐Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors Versus Dipeptidyl Peptidase‐4 Inhibitors in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Territory‐Wide Retrospective Cohort Study

Journal of the American Heart Association

The primary outcome was atherothrombotic major adverse cardiovascular events as a composite outcome of cardiovascular mortality, nonfatal stroke, and nonfatal myocardial infarction. Patients were propensity matched in a 1:1 ratio using a caliper distance of 0.2 without replacement.

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Study Examines Noncigarette Tobacco Use and Cardiovascular Outcomes

DAIC

Users of smokeless tobacco products had increased risk for myocardial infarction and mortality due to coronary heart disease. tim.hodson Tue, 01/14/2025 - 10:11 Jan.

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Abstract 4143007: Pericoronary fat attenuation index as a Novel Tool to predict the morbidity of new-onset atrial fibrillation in patients with myocardial infarction with nonobstructive coronary artery disease

Circulation

Patients who underwent coronary angiography and diagnosed with MINOCA in Fuwai Hospital from January 2015 to December 2019 and met the inclusion criteria were enrolled. We mainly explored the correlation between the FAI of right coronary artery and left circumflex and morbidity of AF.

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Texted from a former EM resident: 70 yo with syncope and hypotension, but no chest pain. Make their eyes roll!

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Electrocardiographic Criteria to Differentiate Acute Anterior ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction from Left Ventricular Aneurysm. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015; 33(6):786-790. link] So I responded with these words: Smith : "There are QS waves, which suggest old MI.

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Acute OMI or "Benign" Early Repolarization?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Comparative early and late outcomes after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in st-segment elevation and Non–St-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (from the Cadillac trial). Immediate and early percutaneous coronary intervention in very high‐risk and high‐risk non‐st segment elevation myocardial infarction patients.

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Implementation of a Multidimensional Strategy to Reduce Post-PCI Bleeding Risk

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Post-PCI bleeding risk was compared before and after campaign participation. Campaign hospitals had a greater decrease in bleeding events than noncampaign hospitals.

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Right precordial ST depression in a patient with chest pain

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Electrocardiographic Manifestations: Acute posterior wall myocardial infarction. Posterior myocardial infarction: the dark side of the moon. New electrocardiographic criteria for posterior wall myocardial ischemia validated by percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty model of acute myocardial infarction.