Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Delayed angiogram found a 95% mid RCA occlusion that was stented. 1] The patient did not have a good outcome because their ECG was labeled ‘normal’ but in spite of it. Eur Heart J 2017 Driver BE, Shroff GR, Smith SW. Notice also that there is new T-wave inversion in III with upright T-wave in aVL, confirming inferior infarction.

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DAIC

MARCH 28, 2025

For CCTA to be truly effective, the CT system must be designed to address the most difficult cardiac exams, including irregularities in heart rhythms, patients with limited cooperation, and those with calcification, stents or bypasses. Curr Cardiovasc Imaging Rep (2017) 10: 15. Available at: [link]. viii Shapiro MD et al. EurJ Radiol.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

By enabling the decisive shift from a reactive to a proactive cardiology model, this technology doesnt just improve patient outcomes it is also helping keep cardiovascular care sustainable and affordable. since March 2017.He These costs represent a massive portion of total health expenditures.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 23, 2024

Given the presentation, the cardiologist stented the vessel and the patient returned to the ICU for ongoing critical care. This is a critically important determination because of the 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guidelines for Management of Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death.

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Dr. Anish Koka

JULY 23, 2023

The Times also briefly touches on some other patients of Mustapha who had bad outcomes. Jeffery Dormu was a double board certified vascular surgeon who was paid $13 million dollars by Medicare alone between 2013 and 2017. Another superficial femoral artery stent was placed as well. The procedures were unsuccessful, and Ms.

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Cardiology Update

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In the early years of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), studies indicated a heightened risk of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), involving outcomes such as death, Q-wave myocardial infarction (MI), stent thrombosis, and repeat revascularization.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

distal stent patent. BMJ 2017;359:j4788 doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4788 (Published 2017 November 07) Full text link: [link] Abstract Objective To evaluate how selection of patients for high sensitivity cardiac troponin testing affects the diagnosis of myocardial infarction across different healthcare settings. The cath lab was activated.

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Dr. Anish Koka

JULY 15, 2023

The answer to this question and the questions to follow depend on what outcome Brad is looking for. Most cardiologists believe that the lower the LDL, the better cardiovascular outcomes are. If the goal is to feel happier knowing if he has coronary calcium than the resounding answer is to get the calcium scan.

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Lead Author Title Publication Date Jacob Raphael Red Blood Cell Transfusion and Pulmonary Complications: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Analysis The Annals of Thoracic Surgery January 2024 Joseph Sabik Multi-Arterial versus Single-Arterial Coronary Surgery: Ten Year Follow-up of One Million (..)

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Program Designations Access and Publications (A&P) 1 Participant User File (PUF) 2 Task Force on Funded Research (TFR) 3 Special Projects 4 Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Lead Author Title Publication Date William Keeling 2 National Trends in Emergency Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery October 2023 Jake (..)

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 25, 2025

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. In fact, in this elegant study by Heitner et al. After CULPRIT SHOCK, many shied away from multivessel PCI in the acute setting.

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