Circulation

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Critical care cardiology refers to the practice focus of and subspecialty training for the comprehensive management of life-threatening cardiovascular diseases and comorbid conditions that require advanced critical care in an intensive care unit. Circulation, Ahead of Print.

Critical Care 72

Critical Care Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiovascular Disease 72

DAIC

JUNE 18, 2024

Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology and director of the cardiac critical care unit at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Mass. Kazi , vice chair of the advisory writing group, said in an AHA news release. Kazi is head of health economics and associate director of the Richard A. and Susan F.

Heart Disease 105

Heart Disease Blood Pressure Stroke Strokes 105

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 23, 2024

Given the presentation, the cardiologist stented the vessel and the patient returned to the ICU for ongoing critical care. This is a critically important determination because of the 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guidelines for Management of Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death.

Chest Pain 118

Chest Pain Cardiac Arrest Sudden Cardiac Death Blog 118

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 5, 2024

I brought the patient to the critical care area and told the providers I thought it was atrial flutter with 2:1 AV conduction, but there is an outside chance that it is VT. PEARL #1: The most commonly overlooked arrhythmia is AFlutter ( A trial F lutter ). As a result — We can not rule out VT on the basis of this single ECG.

Atrial Flutter 113

Atrial Flutter Tachycardia Atrial Fibrillation AFIB 113

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

Colin is an emergency medicine resident beginning his critical care fellowship in the summer with a strong interest in the role of ECG in critical care and OMI. Jenkins and Frick — I offer 3 additional examples of artifactual distortion ( excerpted from my ECG Blog ) — that resulted in arrhythmia misdiagnosis.

Chest Pain 64

Chest Pain Blog Arrhythmia Critical Care 64

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

Despite otherwise normal vital signs, she was appropriately triaged to the critical care area of the ED. Free full text: [link] There are 6 categories of criteria : 1) Imaging 2) Pathologic 3) ECG Repolarization 4) ECG Depolarization 5) Arrhythmias 6) Family History.

Tachycardia 96

Tachycardia Cardiomyopathy Electrocardiogram Article 96

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2016

Here are the American Heart Association Guidelines: 2005 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Part 10.1: IV administration of potassium is indicated when arrhythmias are present or hypokalemia is severe (potassium level of less than 2.5 Crit Care Med.

STEMI 52

STEMI Myocardial Infarction Cardiac Arrest Arrhythmia 52