Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Written by Willy Frick with edits by Ken Grauer A woman in her 70s with a history of hypertension presented with acute onset shortness of breath. Taking a step back , remember that sinus tachycardia is less commonly seen in OMI (except in cases of impending cardiogenic shock). Her ECG is shown below: What do you think?

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Cardiogenic Shock Ultrasound Tachycardia Pulmonary 128

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

My answer: "This is classic for PE, but it can also be present in any hypoxia due pulmonary hypoxic vasoconstriction and resulting acute pulmonary hypertension and acute right heart strain. Tachycardia is unusual in ACS unless there is cardiogenic shock or a second simultaneous pathology. This is NOT Wellens. The answer was yes.

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Open Heart

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Methods Using the National Inpatient Sample data from 2016 to 2020, we identified adult patients (≥18 years) with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and TC. We reviewed the characteristics and in-hospital outcomes and developed a novel risk score for TC. We divided the cohort into ACS with and without TC and retrieved baseline data.

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Published Research kschukar Thu, 04/20/2023 - 11:12 Recently published (2016 – present) manuscripts utilizing STS data: Adult Cardiac Surgery, General Thoracic Surgery, Congenital Heart Surgery, and Intermacs/Pedimacs.

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Research Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Aortic valve Congenital 52

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Published Research kschukar Thu, 04/20/2023 - 11:12 Recently published (2016 – present) manuscripts utilizing STS data: Adult Cardiac Surgery, General Thoracic Surgery, Congenital Heart Surgery, and Intermacs/Pedimacs.

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Research Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Aortic valve Congenital 52