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

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ET Main Tent (Hall B1) - A Double-blind, Randomized Placebo Procedure-controlled Trial of an Interatrial Shunt in Patients with HFrEF and HFpEF: Principal Results From the RELIEVE-HF Trial - Empagliflozin After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Results of the EMPACT-MI Trial - CSL112 (Apolipoprotein A-I) Infusions and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients (..)

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How does Acute Total Left Main Coronary occlusion present on the ECG?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

At the bottom of the post, I have re-printed the section on aVR in my article on the ECG in ACS from the Canadian Journal of Cardiology: New Insights Into the Use of the 12-Lead Electrocardiogram for Diagnosing Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Emergency Department Case 1. Widimsky P et al. O'Gara PT, Kushner FG, Ascheim DD, et al.

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An elderly woman with acute vomiting, presyncope, and hypotension, and a wide QRS complex

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This pattern is essentially always accompanied by cardiogenic shock and high rates of VT/VF arrest, etc. The patient arrived to the ED in cardiogenic shock but awake. With so much STD in leftward and inferior leads V4-V6, II, III, and aVF, of course there must be STE in aVR. Code STEMI was activated. Eur Heart J.

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A young peripartum woman with Chest Pain

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection Dissection of a coronary artery may occur in the context of atherosclerosis, or be iatrogennic during angiography or angioplasty. were pretty sick, with mostly LM/pLAD lesions and high rates of cardiogenic shock. This case occurred 10+ years ago. Lobo et al. The SCAD cases in Lobo et al.

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The First 60 Minutes of a Heart Attack: The Golden Hour

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When one of these arteries becomes completely blocked by a blood clot, it results in a heart attack, also known as MI (Myocardial infarction). When a person experiences a heart attack or myocardial infarction, they may feel chest pain and other symptoms in different parts of their body.