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A video tutorial to distinguish between sinus rhythm and atrial fibrillation using smartwatch electrocardiograms may facilitate self-diagnosis and remote-monitoring

HeartRhythm

The ability to record an electrocardiogram (ECG) with a smartwatch (readily available without medical prescription), is a small revolution for cardiology.1 1 It allows individuals to play a more active role in their health care, improving understanding of cardiac function and its pathologies among individuals with and without cardiac disease.2

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Abstract 4134796: Safety of over 1000 consecutive, selected low risk patients with accelerated discharge from a chest pain unit with early generation cardiac troponin use, no cardiac functional or anatomic testing and no clinical risk scores

Circulation

LR was based on normal examination, stable hemodynamics, normal electrocardiograms (ECG), and negative cardiac troponin I, without pre-discharge functional or anatomic cardiac testing or risk scores.

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Efficacy and safety of tongxinluo capsule for angina pectoris of coronary heart disease: an overview of systematic reviews and meta-analysis

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Mate-analysis showed that TXLC combined with conventional western medications improved electrocardiogram efficacy (RR = 1.38, 95% CI: 1.23–1.43, Mate-analysis showed that TXLC combined with conventional western medications improved electrocardiogram efficacy (RR = 1.38, 95% CI: 1.23–1.43,

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Multipath joint ablation strategy for focal atrial tachycardia originating from patent foramen ovale: a case report

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

A 12-lead electrocardiogram revealed a narrow QRS complex tachycardia with a rate of 157 beats per minute and a prolonged RP relationship. Post-procedure, the patient remained free from arrhythmia and showed restored normal cardiac function and was prescribed a low-dose -blocker for 1 month.

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A middle-aged woman with chest pain and a "normal" ECG in triage

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

I don't know what her subsequent cardiac function was, but that is not the point of this post. Comment This paper has received some press recently: Safety of Computer Interpretation of Normal Triage Electrocardiograms The algorithm used was also the GE Marquette 12 SL. She survived neurologicially intact.

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What will you do for this patient transferred to you who is now asymptomatic?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Early Continuous ST Segment Monitoring in Unstable Angina: Prognostic Value Additional to the Clinical Characteristics and the Admission Electrocardiogram. Compared with sustained STEMI, transient STEMI was associated with less myocardial damage, less extensive coronary artery disease, higher TIMI flow grade, and better cardiac function.

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Association between locomotor muscle quality and cardiac function during exercise in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

European Journal of Heart Failure

Muscle quality and cardiac function in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) during exercise. Abstract Aims Muscle quality (MQ) is used to assess skeletal muscle function; however, the relationship between MQ and cardiac function during exercise in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is unknown.