Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 5, 2020

This 60-something with h/o COPD and HFrEF (EF 25%) presented with SOB and chest pain. A deep neural network for 12-lead electrocardiogram interpretation outperforms a conventional algorithm, and its physician over-read, in the diagnosis of atrial fibrillation. The patient in this case presented with dyspnea and chest pain.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The best course is to wait until the anatomy is defined by angio, then if proceeding to PCI, add Cangrelor (an IV P2Y12 inhibitor) I sent the ECG and clinical information of a 90-year old with chest pain to Dr. McLaren. All electrocardiograms (ECGs) and coronary angiograms were blindly analyzed by experienced cardiologists.

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Ischemia STEMI Stenosis Chest Pain 52

DAIC

DECEMBER 13, 2023

milla1cf Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:24 December 13, 2023 — A new artificial intelligence (AI) model designed by Scripps Research scientists could help clinicians better screen patients for atrial fibrillation (or AFib)—an irregular, fast heartbeat that is associated with stroke and heart failure.

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AFIB Blood Clot Heart Rhythm Heart Failure 111

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Essential Reading : Full text link: AHA/ACCF/HRS Recommendations for the Standardization and Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram, Part IV: The ST Segment, T and U Waves, and the QT Interval (full text link). They measured QTc while patients were in Afib and then again after conversion, when they were in sinus rhythm.

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Bradycardia Article Atrial Fibrillation Chest Pain 52