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Should Troponin be a Vital Sign? Perhaps, but only if Interpreted Using Pre-test Probability.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

distal stent patent. The patient went into cardiogenic shock and ultimately died of this MI. Repeat ECG shows modest ST elevation in I and aVL and depression in inferior leads." The cath lab was activated. Angiogram: LM 30% ostial. LAD 80% mid LCx occluded mid (acute infarct lesion) RCA 80% mid. Sandoval Y et al.

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Published Research

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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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Can you localize the culprit lesion on angiogram without taking ECG findings into account?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A 2017 trial named CULPRIT SHOCK found that in patients with cardiogenic shock, a strategy of culprit vessel PCI only was associated with better outcomes than immediate multivessel PCI. After CULPRIT SHOCK, many shied away from multivessel PCI in the acute setting. In fact, in this elegant study by Heitner et al.