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JUNE 19, 2024

milla1cf Wed, 06/19/2024 - 20:57 June 19, 2024 — When electrophysiologist Eugenio Cingolani, MD , isn’t seeing patients, he can usually be found in his laboratory, investigating improved treatments for heart rhythm disorders. If VT is not treated, it can lead to cardiac arrest, which is when the heart stops beating.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

While on telemetry monitoring he suffered cardiac arrest and was resuscitated. What ECG finding may have contributed to (or precipitated) the cardiac arrest? Learning points : Takotsubo can lead to cardiac arrest from ventricular arrhythmia. There are no clear signs of OMI. There is a prolonged QTc.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 2, 2025

Heart Rhythm [Internet]. See this post: How a pause can cause cardiac arrest 2. Even with tachycardia and a paced QRS duration of ~0.16 Bogossian H, Frommeyer G, Ninios I, Hasan F, Nguyen QS, Karosiene Z, Mijic D, Kloppe A, Suleiman H, Bandorski D, et al. 2014;11:22732277. Available from: [link] 2. The plan: 1.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

ECG is consistent with severe hypokalemia and/or hypomagnesemia causing prolonged QT (QU) at high risk of Torsades (which is polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in the setting of a long QT interval). Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia Long QT Syndrome with Continuously Recurrent Polymorphic VT: Management Cardiac Arrest.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Otherwise vitals after intubation were only notable for tachycardia. An initial EKG was obtained: Computer read: sinus tachycardia, early acute anterior infarct. Heart Rhythm, 13(7): 1515-1520. [2]: Heart Rhythm, 4(2), 198-199. [6] Heart Rhythm, 15(9): 1394-1401. [7] Circ Res, 85(9), 803-809.

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Brugada Syndrome: Diagnosis and Risk Stratification Hello friends, this is the modified version of my talk at Indian Heart Rhythm Society Conference, New Delhi, 2023, on Brugada Syndrome. Heart Rhythm. Hope you will enjoy this session. 2016 Oct;13(10):e295-324. Francis J, Antzelevitch C. J Am Coll Cardiol.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

320 divided by 0.6 = 533 ms (dangerously prolonged) However, Bazett is known to produce falsely prolonged corrected QT at high heart rates. Answer : you must treat the patient's underlying condition causing sinus tachycardia, and repeat the ECG at the lower heart rate. Heart Rhythm 2016 Feb; 13(2):527-35.

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