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Is OMI an ECG Diagnosis?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Non-STEMI guidelines call for “urgent/immediate invasive strategy is indicated in patients with NSTE-ACS who have refractory angina or hemodynamic or electrical instability,” regardless of ECG findings.[1] 1] European guidelines add "regardless of biomarkers". But only 6.4% Eur Heart J Digital Health 2024 5. McLaren and Smith.

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

DAIC

24 will focus on the following three current guideline updates: American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines 2023 Atrial Fibrillation Guideline - Pharmacology II: Strokes vs. Bleeds, What Do the Guidelines Tell Us About Practical Management in A-fib? The Guidelines Sessions at ACC.24

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Rise of the Lysenkoist Cardiologists

Dr. Anish Koka

Typical angina was defined as a symptom complex that includes substernal chest pressure or pain that was made worse with exertion/emotional stress, and relieved by rest or nitroglycerin. Atypical angina is classified as having any two of the three symptoms, and non-anginal pain any one of the three symptoms. years of age versus 59.0±8.4

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A 30-something woman with intermittent CP, a HEART score of 2 and a Negative CT Coronary Angiogram on the same day

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

INTERVENTION * Successful angioplasty and stenting (drug eluting) of the mid LAD * Successful angioplasty of the ostial 1st diagonal Learning points: 1. The RCA was normal in appearance and free of obstructive disease. Young women do get acute MI 2. I'll supplement the excellent presentation by Dr.

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What is Wellens' syndrome? And what conditions mimic it?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A comparison of electrocardiographic changes during reperfusion of acute myocardial infarction by thrombolysis or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Wehrens XH, Doevendans PA, Ophuis TJ, Wellens HJ. Am Heart J 2000;139(3):4306. Doevendans PA, Gorgels AP, van der Zee R, Partouns J, Bar FW, Wellens HJJ. Br, Johan H.A.