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Top stories: Cardiac arrest—Patients at risk

HeartRhythm

Curtain etal1 performed an analysis of the VALIANT (Valsartan in Acute Myocardial Infarction) and PARADISE-MI (Prospective ARNi vs ACE Inhibitor Trial to Determine Superiority in Reducing Heart Failure Events After MI) trials to evaluate whether risk of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) following acute myocardial infarction (MI) has changed over time.

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What does the angiogram show? The Echo? The CT coronary angiogram? How do you explain this?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

associated typical Myocardial Infarction therapies such as statins and ACE inhibitors with significantly decreased 1 year mortality in MINOCA patients, which suggests that they do indeed have a similar pathophysiology to MI patients with obstructive coronary disease. Lindahl et al. This is not the case.

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What Should Your Blood Pressure Be?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Most people with high blood pressure will be treated with an ACE inhibitor, ARB, calcium channel blocker or a diuretic. 2020 Apr;16(4):223-237. 6 Mortality and Morbidity Among Individuals With Hypertension Receiving a Diuretic, ACE Inhibitor, or Calcium Channel Blocker: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.

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Upon arrival to the emergency department, a senior emergency physician looked at the ECG and said "Nothing too exciting."

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

associated typical Myocardial Infarction therapies such as statins and ACE inhibitors with significantly decreased 1 year mortality in MINOCA patients, which suggests that they do indeed have a similar pathophysiology to MI patients with obstructive coronary disease. Lindahl et al.

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The Management of Chronic Disease

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

Around Xmas time in 2020, she developed a flu-like illness and after that she started noticing that she was getting breathless on very modest levels of exertion. This particular lady was in her 50s in a very prestigious and high powered post and completely fit and well.