DAIC

MAY 31, 2024

High profile cases of sudden cardiac arrest in elite athletes in recent years has reminded the cardiology community of the challenging questions posed to cardiologists in these settings. Questions like: How do we prevent cardiac arrest in athletes? Can an athlete return to play after cardiac arrest?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

It is apparently fortunate that she had a cardiac arrest; otherwise, her ECG would have been ignored. Then they did an MRI: Patient underwent cardiac MRI on 10/4 that showed mildly reduced BiV systolic function. The degree of stenosis is not a great predictor of thrombosis, and culprits may not be visible.

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Plaque Chest Pain Thrombosis Stenosis 52

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

However, AKI patients had higher rates of deep vein thrombosis (6.36% vs. 3.54%, p < 0.01), pulmonary embolism (4.22% vs. 1.42%, p < 0.01), pneumonia (21.39% vs. 8.84%, p < 0.01), urinary tract infection (19.07% vs. 13.32%, p < 0.01), sepsis (20.27% vs. 4.18%, p < 0.01), acute myocardial infarction (12.14% vs. 3.21%, (..)

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Hemorrhage Aneurysm Cardiac Arrest Myocardial Infarction 40

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 19, 2020

I suspect this is Type 2 MI due to prolonged severe hypotension from cardiac arrest. Coronary thrombosis or embolism can result in MINOCA, either with or without a hypercoagulable state. In non-arrest situations — escape beats and escape rhythms tend to be at least fairly regular.

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EMS 12-Lead

JULY 24, 2023

Category 1 : Sudden narrowing of a coronary artery due to ACS (plaque rupture with thrombosis and/or downstream showering of platelet-fibrin aggregates. elevated BP), but rather directly correlated with coronary obstruction (due to plaque rupture and thrombosis) and, potentially, stymied TIMI flow. This results in Type I MI.

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Angina Ischemia Coronary Angiogram Stenosis 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Thirty-six patients (36%) presented with cardiac arrest, and 78% (28/36) underwent emergent angiography. Subendocardial Ischemia from another Cause ( ie, sustained tachyarrhythmia; cardiac arrest; shock/profound hypotension; GI bleeding; anemia; "sick patient"; etc. ).

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

As in all ischemia interpretations with OMI findings, the findings can be due to type 1 AMI (example: acute coronary plaque rupture and thrombosis) or type 2 AMI (with or without fixed CAD, with severe regional supply/demand mismatch essentially equaling zero blood flow). He had multiple cardiac arrests with ROSC regained each time.

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