Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 23, 2024

In the present article, we report the study protocol of the ResKriVer-TAVI trial. TIM will include a daily assessment of weight, blood pressure, a 2-channel electrocardiogram, peripheral capillary oxygen saturation, and a self-rated health status until admission for TAVI.

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The British Journal of Cardiology

JUNE 11, 2024

Cardiovascular consultation had been requested for all of the patients based on their primary clinical examination, vital signs, and electrocardiogram (ECG). In this cross-sectional study, 690 COVID-19 patients were included.

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The British Journal of Cardiology

JULY 17, 2024

The electrocardiogram (ECG) revealed T-wave inversions on precordial leads. A 59-year-old woman presented to the emergency room with sudden onset of retrosternal thoracic pain following emotional stress. Her blood analyses demonstrated elevation of myocardial necrosis markers (peak of troponin I of 3.4

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The British Journal of Cardiology

APRIL 16, 2024

Similar promise is evident in the analysis of electrocardiograms, creating a new layer of interpretation. There is growing evidence that AI algorithms can match humans at echocardiography analysis, while also being able to extract subtle differences that the human eye cannot detect.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

See these 2 articles Association between pre-hospital chest pain severity and myocardial injury in ST elevation myocardial infarction: A post-hoc analysis of the AVOID study Author links open overlay panel [link] 1 Background We sought to determine if an association exists between prehospital chest pain severity and markers of myocardial injury.

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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Advanced arrhythmic substrate consisting of significant conduction abnormalities due to inflammation and fibrosis can be identified by specific electrocardiogram signs, such as fragmented QRS and ε wave. Methods The study population included consecutive 52 patients with CS and sustained VTA. Twenty-five out of 52 patients experienced ES.

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Cardiomatics

MARCH 15, 2024

The purpose of this article is to discuss possible ways of improving the quality of ECG signals in order to obtain more reliable results. Contractions of the heart muscle are caused by electrical impulses, which, when recorded on a graph, form an electrocardiogram. Why does the quality of the ECG signal matter?

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Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Safety evaluation results showed no significant changes in the QRS wave or PR and QT intervals in rat lead II electrocardiograms. Safety evaluation results showed no significant changes in the QRS wave or PR and QT intervals in rat lead II electrocardiograms.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 30, 2018

Ryan Burch, RN, was the nurse caring for the patient, later sent me the same ECG, stating the following: "This ECG had people stumped and concerned but I read an article in www.ecgmedicaltraining.com (see below) about an artifact a few weeks prior which I thought looked similar and the suggestion was that a lead had been placed over an artery.

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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

FUJI trial, we assessed the differences in electrocardiogram (ECG) parameters during RV pacing between a delivery catheter system and a stylet system and their associations with the lead tip positions. In this subanalysis of the Mt.

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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Thirty-three (43%) patients had a typical spontaneous electrocardiogram (ECG) pattern. Results Of the 76 cases, 79% were proband and 21% were detected during screening after diagnosis of BrS in a family member. 01), longer PR interval ( p =.03), 03), and SCN5A mutation ( p  = .01) 01) than asymptomatic patients.

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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Methods and Results A 21-year-old female with supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and pre-excitation on electrocardiogram (ECG) underwent electrophysiology study (EPS) confirming an AS-AP with anterograde and retrograde conduction. Ablation in the NCC achieved immediate and persistent anterograde conduction block.

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European Journal of Heart Failure

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

AR, arrhythmogenic; CI, confidence interval; CIF, cumulative incidence function; ECG, electrocardiogram; FLNC, filamin C; LMNA, lamin; MVA, major ventricular arrhythmia; NSVT, non-sustained ventricular tachycardia; RBM20, RNA binding motif 20; RMTL, restricted mean time lost; SCD, sudden cardiac death.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 10, 2017

Safety of Computer Interpretation of Normal Triage Electrocardiograms. Here are two recent articles confirming this: a. The Comparison of Physician to Computer Interpreted Electrocardiograms on ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction Door-to-balloon Times. It is not yet available, but this is your way to get on the list.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 12, 2017

Comment A recently published article (1) found that a computer-interpreted “normal” ECG has a 99% NPV (95% CI: 97-99) for a clinically significant finding. According to 2 recent articles (2, 3), the computer misses one third of STEMI, but misses many more subtle MI that do not meet STEMI criteria. This one was not even so subtle!!!

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European Journal of Heart Failure

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Methods and results Consecutive CS patients seen at one institution were retrospectively enrolled after undergoing laboratory testing, electrocardiogram, echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging and 18 F-flourodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) at baseline.

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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

JANUARY 10, 2024

Follow-up contained regular visits at our outpatient clinic at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months including 7-day Holter electrocardiograms. In addition to pulmonary vein isolation (PVI), ablation of DISPERS was performed aiming at homogenizing, dissecting, isolating, or connecting DISPERS areas to nonconducting anatomical structures. to 202.2 ± 21.6 ms

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GEMMS

MAY 22, 2024

In this article, we will explore the top 10 trends shaping the future of cardiovascular medicine, highlighting the innovative technologies and approaches that are revolutionizing the field. Traditional tools like stethoscopes, blood pressure gauges, and electrocardiograms (ECG) are fundamental for standard diagnostic practices.

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European Journal of Heart Failure

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Arrows indicate a higher number of elements/level in HFimpEF compared to the comparison population (pHFrEF).

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 8, 2020

See the 5 articles below. Crochetage sign You can see many more images of the Crochetage sign here. N OTE : The term, “crochetage” in French is the noun ( = the act of crocheting ) — but this word has also been translated into English as meaning, “lock-picking” ( because lock-pickers often use a similar array of tools in their trade ).

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Regional wall motion abnormality-distal septum anterior and apex Today, shortly after this case presented, I received in my inbasket from Journal Feed this article which promotes the idea that "normal" ECGs by computer do not need to be overread by a physician. Am J Emerg Med. 2022 Jan;51:384-387. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.11.023.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Arterial pulse tapping artifact [link] This online article references the article below by Emre Aslanger, a great guy who occasionally corresponds with me about ECGs. Electromechanical association: a subtle electrocardiogram artifact. Figure-3: Page 475 from the Rowlands and Moore article that I reference above.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

When I teach important syncope ECG patterns to my residents, I have always had to find case reports and review articles to show them the rare epsilon waves in the past. 1211-1212 CrossRef View Record in Scopus Google Scholar 2 FI Marcus, W Zareba The electrocardiogram in right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 11, 2024

Many systems now refrain from showing computer "normal" ECGs to the busy emergency physicians at triage because of very poorly conceived articles that say that if the computer algorithm says "normal," the emergency physician should not be bothered. It is clearly missed by the conventional algorithm.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

Emergency department Code STEMI patients with initial electrocardiogram labeled ‘normal’ by computer interpretation: a 7-year retrospective review. For all cases, see the supplement from the online version of the article. This was just published in print in this month's Academic Emergency Medicine: McLaren, Meyers, Smith and Chartier.

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BoardVitals - Cardiovascular

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

You can find the answer and explanation at the end of this article. D) An electrocardiogram is most commonly normal in these patients. D) An electrocardiogram is most commonly normal in these patients. Cardiology Board Review Question A 48-year-old female with no known medical history presents with acute substernal chest pain.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

AUGUST 9, 2019

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. Updates on the Electrocardiogram in Acute Coronary Syndromes.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2019

-- in this case, the computer diagnosed STEMI but the patient had Fever with Brugada _ _ Fever and Brugada-- Important articles The literature below shows that fever-induced Brugada is indeed a high risk for an arrhythmic event. 78 patients had spontaneous type I ECG.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

The article is edited by Smith. Induced Brugada-type electrocardiogram, a sign for imminent malignant arrhythmias. This was submitted by Alexandra Schick. Dr. Schick is a PGY3 at the Brown Emergency Medicine Residency in Rhode Island. I remember Allie well from her days in the Research volunteer program at Hennepin.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 5, 2020

A deep neural network for 12-lead electrocardiogram interpretation outperforms a conventional algorithm, and its physician over-read, in the diagnosis of atrial fibrillation. IJC Heart and Vasculature 25(2019). Poon et al. sensitivity and 98.9%

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2011

The ECG, as it turns out, is the best predictor , better the TMP grade because TMP measures microvascular patency, and the ECG measures cellular viability ( see this full text article and this abstract ). Clinical value of 12-lead electrocardiogram after successful reperfusion therapy for acute myocardial infarction.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

Abnormal Electrocardiogram (ECG): Defined (San Fran syncope rule) as any new changes when compared to the last ECG or presence of non-sinus rhythm. Annotated Bibliography For an excellent overview of ED Syncope management , see this article by Kessler C et al. starts at end of article on p. Commentary by Heidenreich PA.

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