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TAVR associated with lower in-hospital complications in patients with aortic stenosis and cardiogenic shock

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

A nationwide observational analysis of patients with aortic stenosis (AS) and cardiogenic shock (CS) who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) or surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) determined that patients who underwent TAVR had lower in-hospital complications and resource utilization compared with SAVR.

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Ep 164 Cardiogenic Shock Simplified

ECG Cases

What is the preferred order of vasopressors and ionotropes in the management of cardiogenic shock? How can we best pick up occult cardiogenic shock before it floured shock kicks in? The post Ep 164 Cardiogenic Shock Simplified appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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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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Critical Left Main

EMS 12-Lead

Category 2 : An increase in myocardial oxygen demand due to tachycardia, elevated ventricular afterload (BP or aortic stenosis), or increased wall stretch (admittedly this latter is more complicated) or a decrease in oxygen supply due to hypotension, anemia, hypoxia, or a combination of all of the above. Aortic Stenosis f.

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90 year old with acute chest and epigastric pain, and diffuse ST depression with reciprocal STE in aVR: activate the cath lab?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

History sounds concerning for ACS (could be critical stenosis, triple vessel), but differential also includes dissection, GI bleed, etc. 2 cases of Aortic Stenosis: Diffuse Subendocardial Ischemia on the ECG. An elderly man with sudden cardiogenic shock, diffuse ST depressions, and STE in aVR Literature 1.

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Diffuse Subendocardial Ischemia on the ECG. Left main? 3-vessel disease? No!

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Look at the aortic outflow tract. The diagnostic coronary angiogram identified only minimal coronary artery disease, but there was a severely calcified, ‘immobile’ aortic valve. Aortic angiogram did not reveal aortic dissection. What do you see? Answer below in the still shot.

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

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

61,62) The interventional community defines occlusive LM disease as >50% by FFR, or ≥75% stenosis,(63) but urgent or emergent intervention on lesions not meeting these thresholds is only imperative if it is a thrombotic lesion and the patient has refractory ischemic symptoms (i.e. TIMI 0/1 flow).(61,62) Knotts et al.