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American College of Cardiology ACC.24 Late-breaking Science and Guidelines Session Summary

DAIC

24: Joint American College of Cardiology/Journal of the American College of Cardiology Late-Breaking Clinical Trials (Session 402) Saturday, April 6 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

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Chest pain, resolved. Does it need emergent cath lab activation (some controversy here)? And much much more.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

EKG from triage: Here is his previous ECG: Normal ST Elevation Resident's interpretation: Reperfusion pattern/Wellens' with biphasic T waves in V2 and V3, and in comparison to an EKG in 2020 this is new. Bedside ultrasound with no apparent wall motion abnormalities, no pericardial effusion, no right heart strain. Am Heart J.

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Outpatient vascular care : Good, bad or ugly?

Dr. Anish Koka

In 2020, the state medical board investigated Dr. Mustapha and referred him to the Michigan attorney general. A lower extremity arterial ultrasound revealed elevated velocities in the right proximal superficial femoral artery. The majority of these cases appear to be related to complications patients suffered during surgeries.

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Changing trends in the incidence, management and outcomes of coronary artery perforation over an 11-year period: single-centre experience

Open Heart

Methods A single-centre retrospective cohort study of all PCIs performed between January 2010 and December 2020. Factors associated with perforation include CTO or type C lesions and use of IVUS, cutting balloon angioplasty or hydrophilic wires. This study aimed to assess the incidence, management and outcomes of CP over time.

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A dialysis patient with nonspecific symptoms and pseudonormalization of ST segments

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This is a case written by Dan Lee (One of our fantastic Hennepin Residents, class of 2020 ) edits by Smith A 60 something-year-old man with a history of ESRD, LVH and prior CABG presented after an episode of hypotension during his hemodialysis, run followed by a syncopal episode which caused his run to be terminated early.