DAIC

MAY 30, 2024

Robotic Magnetic Navigation introduces the benefits of robotic precision and safety to cardiac ablation, a common minimally invasive procedure to treat arrhythmias. When left untreated, arrhythmias may significantly increase the risk of stroke, heart failure, and sudden cardiac arrest.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 10, 2024

Introduction The use of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) in extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) in selected patients after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is an established method if return of spontaneous circulation cannot be achieved.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 29, 2020

A 60-something woman presented after a witnessed cardiac arrest. This is commonly found after epinephrine for cardiac arrest, but could have been pre-existing and a possible contributing factor to cardiac arrest. Final Diagnosis: Cardiac Arrest due to Torsades from long QT of unknown etiology.

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HeartRhythm

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Arrhythmias can lead to cardiac arrest (CA) and heart failure. When intractable, heart transplant (HTX) can become the only viable treatment. This rare, high-risk cohort has not been reported as a distinct group.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 5, 2024

IMPRESSION: The finding of sinus bradycardia with 1st-degree AV block + marked sinus arrhythmia + the change in PR interval from beat #5-to-beat #6 — suggests a form of vagotonic block ( See My Comment in the October 9, 2020 post in Dr. Smith's ECG Blog ). Initial high sensitivity troponin I returned at 6ng/L (normal 0.20

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DAIC

JUNE 11, 2024

“With the Genesis RMN system, we now have an unprecedented level of precision and control during cardiac ablation procedures, allowing us to target arrhythmias with unmatched accuracy while minimizing risk to our patients.” added Giuseppe Russo, General Manager of the Hospital Santa Maria della Pietà.

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DAIC

JUNE 19, 2024

If VT is not treated, it can lead to cardiac arrest, which is when the heart stops beating. In fact, VT is the most common cause of sudden cardiac arrest. Patients may feel a fluttering in the chest, chest pain, shortness of breath and dizziness or lightheadedness as a result. Q: How is VT typically treated?

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Tachycardia Cardiac Arrest Ablation Research 128

DAIC

DECEMBER 27, 2023

With the unveiling of the Genesis System, Baptist Health Lexington has become the first in Kentucky, and one of the first in the world, to provide the latest advancement in robotic technology to treat cardiac arrhythmias. “We For more information: www.stereotaxis.com If you enjoy this content, please share it with a colleague

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Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

JANUARY 29, 2024

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:There is no specific treatment for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) manifesting as pulseless electric activity (PEA) and survival rates are low; unlike ventricular fibrillation (VF), which is treatable by defibrillation.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

We periodically review this intriguing ECG finding that is best known for its association with hypothermia — but which may also be seen in association with a number of other entities, including acute infarction and cardiac arrest. My Comment addresses a few additional aspects of this phenomenon.

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Ken Grauer, MD

OCTOBER 6, 2023

PEARL # 2: It is important to be aware that " not every arrhythmia obeys the rules!" As a result — We sometimes need to think "out of the box" in order to come up with the most plausible explanation for a given arrhythmia. PEARL # 3: Although ATach is usually a fairly regular atrial rhythm — there may at times be some irregularity.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 15, 2024

Introduction The use of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) in extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (eCPR) has emerged as a treatment option for selected patients who are experiencing refractory cardiac arrest (CA).

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Click here to sign up for Queen of Hearts Access Here is the cardiologist's formal interpretation : "sinus rhythm with marked sinus arrhythmia, left ventricular hypertrophy with repolarization abnormality, and anteroseptal infarct, age undetermined." About 45 minutes after the second EKG, the patient was found in cardiac arrest.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Cardiac rearrest soon after successful resuscitation is a substantial challenge, rendering it a high priority for improving cardiac arrest outcomes. Rearrest is commonly caused by VT/VF or pulseless electrical activity (PEA), each with different underlying mechanisms and diametrically opposed treatments.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 2, 2025

See this post: How a pause can cause cardiac arrest 2. In this specific case, Left Bundle Branch (LBB) area pacing was pursued to achieve cardiac resynchronization. There is ventricular bigeminy with bizarre appearing wide T-waves See even more striking cases of this at the bottom of the post. The plan: 1.

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Open Heart

JULY 5, 2022

Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias. AEDs and ICDs use shock advice algorithms to classify ECG tracings as shockable or non-shockable rhythms in clinical practice.

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HeartRhythm

JULY 22, 2024

Rarely, implantation of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) becomes necessary.1 1 A rare but significant issue in post-OHT patients is ventricular arrhythmias, in extreme cases leading to cardiac arrest and implantation of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) for secondary prevention.

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Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Ahead of Print. Although there is consensus on the management of patients with Brugada Syndrome with high risk for sudden cardiac arrest, asymptomatic or intermediate-risk patients present clinical management challenges.

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HeartRhythm

JUNE 4, 2024

Establishing a probable cause of an arrhythmia includes inquiring about a potential exposure to toxins or medications. An increasing number of substances consumed as “food” are found to have unwanted cardiac effects, prompting the consideration of a novel subcategory in a patient’s clinical history intake: arrhythmogenic foods.1–3

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Edited by Bracey, Meyers, Grauer, and Smith A 50-something-year-old female with a history of an unknown personality disorder and alcohol use disorder arrived via EMS following cardiac arrest with return of spontaneous circulation. T-wave alternans and the susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmias. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol.

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Ken Grauer, MD

JULY 9, 2023

Blood was drawn , and the patient was promptly placed in a room to be seen — but on entering, the ED physician found her unresponsive in cardiac arrest. Do you see any indication on this ECG of WHY this patient was about to arrest? Is there any indication on this ECG of WHY this patient shortly after had a cardiac arrest?

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MIBHS

JULY 31, 2024

Arrhythmias (Abnormal Heart Rhythms) Stress hormones can disrupt the signals that regulate your heartbeat, leading to arrhythmias – abnormal heart rhythms that cause your heart to beat too fast, too slow, or irregularly.

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Open Heart

JUNE 5, 2024

SMuRF-less patients were more likely to present with cardiac arrest (6.6% vs 3.6%, p=0.019) and arrhythmia (11.2% At 30 days, mortality, myocardial infarction, revascularisation and major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events did not differ between the groups. vs 25.4%, p<0.001). vs 9.9%, p=0.029).

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Cardiogenic Shock Myocardial Infarction Outcomes Coronary Artery Disease 52

DAIC

JULY 30, 2024

6 , the program will include, among networking and roundtables, the following: HRX Pitch Competition #1 Cardiac Arrest, the Next Digital Health Frontier: Mina K. Kathryn Zavala | Stephen Flaim | Giovanni Leo | Daniel Gottlieb | David Kim | David Roman During day two of HRX 2024, Friday, Sept.

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Heart Rhythm Innovation Technology Education 105

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

IV administration of potassium is indicated when arrhythmias are present or hypokalemia is severe (potassium level of less than 2.5 If cardiac arrest from hypokalemia is imminent (i.e., malignant ventricular arrhythmias are present), rapid replacement of potassium is required. mEq/L, and 10 mEq would increase it by 3.3

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Smith’s ECG Blog: SQTS is an inherited cardiac channelopathy determined by the presence of symptoms ( syncope, cardiac arrest ) — positive family history — and the ECG finding of an abnormally short QTc interval. SQTS is a relatively new diagnosis that has only been recognized as a distinct clinical entity since 2000.

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DAIC

MAY 21, 2024

Cardiac ablation is a common minimally invasive procedure to treat arrhythmias – abnormal heart rhythms that result when the heart beats too quickly, too slowly, or with an irregular pattern. When left untreated, arrhythmias may significantly increase the risk of stroke, heart failure, and sudden cardiac arrest.

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Wellnest

JUNE 19, 2023

AI recognizing cardiac arrests in emergency calls. Recently, hospitals have failed to identify 25% of cases of cardiac arrest. Alternatively, it also helps enhance arrhythmia management with coronary artery disease. Novel technology is also proving to be better than traditional conventional ECG machines.

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Technology Cardiac Arrest Innovation Coronary Artery Disease 52

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The risks of all-cause mortality and major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (CVA, cardiac arrest, acute heart failure (AHF), Ventricular arrhythmia, complete AV block, AMI, and PCI), and use of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) were assessed in adult AMC admissions with and without SID.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Logistic regression was used to analyze the relationship between the treatment groups and hospital readmission within 90 days.Results:Only 517 AA met inclusion criteria and did not meet exclusion criteria, which included a history of valvular heart disease, hypertrophic or restrictive cardiomyopathy, active myocarditis, history of cardiac arrest, and (..)

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Heart Failure Cardiac Arrest Kidney Disease Atrial Fibrillation 40

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 26, 2023

I focus my comments purely on a few sophisticated concepts in arrhythmia recognition — fully aware that specific rhythm disorders with calcium channel toxicity need not be treated per se, beyond providing cardiovascular support. It's always rewarding and mutually educational to discuss interesting aspects of arrhythmia interpretation.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The most common MAE was arrhythmia, representing 46% of MAE, followed by cardiac arrest and bleeding each 20%. Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) was the most prevalent cardiomyopathy in 68%, followed by restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) in 14% and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in 9%. MAE was present in 1.6%.

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Ken Grauer, MD

MARCH 23, 2023

A series of cardiac arrhythmias were seen during the course of her resuscitation — including the interesting arrhythmia shown in the long lead II of Figure-1. What is the cardiac rhythm shown in the long lead II rhythm strip? PEARL # 5: The simple act of labeling P waves can be invaluable for solving an arrhythmia.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

IV administration of potassium is indicated when arrhythmias are present or hypokalemia is severe (potassium level of less than 2.5 If cardiac arrest from hypokalemia is imminent (i.e., malignant ventricular arrhythmias are present), rapid replacement of potassium is required. How would you treat? mEq/L, from 1.9

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

He has a family history concerning for arrhythmia. Given the circumstances of his car crash, we presume it was due to an underlying arrhythmia. He has a family history concerning for arrhythmia with his father requiring some sort of device (PPM, ICD, unclear) at a young age.

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Ken Grauer, MD

APRIL 9, 2023

As discussed in ECG Blog #108 — AIVR generally occurs in one of the following C linical S ettings : i ) As a rhythm during cardiac arrest; ii ) In the monitoring phase of acute MI ( especially with inferior MI ) ; or , iii ) As a reperfusion arrhythmia ( ie, following thrombolysis, acute angioplasty, or spontaneous reperfusion ).

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Blog Chest Pain Arrhythmia Cardiac Arrest 78

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 5, 2023

Krantz et al authored a State-of-the-Art Review on Cardiovascular Complications of Opioid Use ( JACC 77(2):205-223, 2021 ) — in which mechanisms from Opioid Overdose that detail arrhythmia production ( up to cardiac arrest ) are elucidated — thereby providing an explanation for the unusual arrhythmias in today's case.

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