Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:Lower-limb amputation rates in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia vary across the United States, with marked disparities in amputation rates by gender, race, and income status.

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Vascular Care Ischemia Medicare Cardiovascular Interventions 61

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

APRIL 7, 2025

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:The extent of cardiac damage has been shown to be associated with increased mortality, repeat hospitalization, and decreased quality of life after aortic valve replacement (AVR).

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Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:Improved radiation safety practices are needed across hospitals performing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). 2.37) Gy in the first year of the study to 0.97 (0.56–1.64) 1.64) Gy in the last year of the study (P<0.001).

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Many of these issues were described in a prior post by Dr. Angie Lobo ( @aloboMD ) (For open-access reviews of this literature, see Saw 2016 , Saw 2017 , or Hayes 2018.) However, in the intervening years there have been marked changes in the understanding of SCAD. JACC 2019 Sep 10;74(10):1290-1300.

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Chest Pain SCAD STEMI Cardiogenic Shock 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

AUGUST 3, 2017

July 2016. Matetzky S, Freimark D, Chouraqui P, et al. Significance of ST segment elevations in posterior chest leads (V7-V9) in patients with acute inferior myocardial infarction: application for thrombolytic therapy. J Cardiol 1987 Apr 1;59(8):782-7. Posterior reperfusion T-waves: Wellens' syndrome of the posterior wall.

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Chest Pain Myocardial Infarction STEMI Ischemia 52

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print. IVUS use increased slightly from 2016 to 2023, driven more by use in TEVAR compared with EVAR, and was higher in academic settings, with Medicare and Medicaid dual enrollment, in the West, with dissections, with malperfusion and for elective procedures.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Immediate versus delayed invasive intervention for non-stemi patients. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions , 9 (6), 541–549. 2014 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes. Circulation , 130 (25). link] Bischof, J. Worrall, C., Thompson, P., Marti, D., & & Smith, S.

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Myocardial Infarction Chest Pain STEMI Blood Pressure 123