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How Wearable Tech Can Help Monitor Your Heart Health

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The Role of Wearable Technology in Heart Health Wearable tech is designed to monitor physiological data and provide actionable insights to users. Abnormal readings can signal issues with circulation or lung function, prompting further investigation. Sleep Monitoring Quality sleep is essential for heart health.

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What is athlete’s heart?

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It is a physiological adaptation helping athletes perform physical tasks better than non-athletes. Athlete’s bradycardia due to increased parasympathetic tone and decreased sympathetic tone is a well-known observation. The upper limit of physiologic cardiac hypertrophy in highly trained elite athletes. Circulation.

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What kind of AV block is this? And why does she develop Ventricular Tachycardia?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The physiologic reason for this — is thought to be the result of momentarily increased circulation from mechanical contraction arising from the "sandwiched in" QRS complex. The QRS complex in ECG #1 is wide.

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QT Correction Formulas Compared to The Rule of Thumb ("Half the RR")

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The rule of thumb is less accurate, and the risk is higher because a long QT in the presence of bradycardia ("pause dependent" Torsades) predisposes to Torsades. 6) Use a different rule of thumb for bradycardia : Manually approximate both the QT and the RR interval. 3) At heart rates below 60, far more caution is due.

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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

PVCs N ot generally considered abnormal ECG findings: Isolated PAC, First Degree AV Block, Sinus bradycardia at a rate of 35-45, and Nonspecific ST-T abnormalities (even if different from a previous ECG). Thus, if there is documented sinus bradycardia, and no suspicion of high grade AV block, at the time of the syncope, this is very useful.

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Patient is informed of her husband's death: is it OMI or it stress cardiomyopathy?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Within ten minutes, she developed bradycardia, hypotension, and ST changes on monitor. Bradycardia and heart block are very common in RCA OMI. Circulation Research , 114 (12), 18521866. Circulation , 92 (3), 657671. Circulation , 125 (3), 491496. Circulation , 145 (13), 10021019. link] Bentzon, J.