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Case Report: Extended cardiopulmonary resuscitation in sudden cardiac arrest after acute myocardial infarction

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

The emergency department of Liaocheng People's Hospital in Shandong Province admitted one patient with OHCA in August 2021, who suddenly suffered a loss of consciousness and cardiac arrest during exercise after dinner. Fortunately, there was no obvious stenosis in the right coronary artery.

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See how bad the outcome can be if you don't know OMI findings on the ECG, and don't use the Queen of Hearts

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

On this visit, he expressed worsening exercise tolerance, new orthopnea, and he told his provider that the omeprazole did not relieve any symptoms. The red arrow shows a roughly 80% stenosis of the proximal LAD. The blue arrow shows another stenosis of the LAD distal to the first diagonal branch of about 99%.

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Watch what happens when "pericarditis" and morphine cloud your judgment

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

As an exercise, lets calculate the equation for differentiating the ST elevation between benign early repolarization and LAD occlusion. The full thickness infarction with LV aneurysm morphology places him at a higher risk for short and long term complications (e.g., LAD occlusion. Great case. Only viewed on my phone."

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Researchers ID Genetic Variants Linked to Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease

DAIC

This can lead to complications such as blocked, reduced, or backward blood flow through the heart chambers, causing shortness of breath, chest pain, fainting, and difficulty exercising. In more severe cases, the disease can lead to an aortic dissection, or tear in the aorta, a life-threatening condition.