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Outcomes of PCI of all comers: the experience of a Kuwaiti independent healthcare institution

The British Journal of Cardiology

Intra-procedural data included access route, coronary anatomy, lesion complexity, number of stents deployed, door-to-balloon time for primary PCI, and any intra-procedural complications. and the average number of stents 2.6. The radial approach was used in 544/567 (95.94%), the average SYNTAX score was 34.8 ± 9.6,

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LBBB: Using the (Smith) Modified Sgarbossa Criteria would have saved this man's life

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

But the lack of traditional Sgarbossa criteria is not reassuring enough for such high pretest probability (elderly patient with chest pain, out of hospital cardiac arrest and LBBB), and the Modified Sgarbossa Criteria confirms Occlusion MI in this case. So the RCA was stented.

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National Cardiogenic Shock Initiative Study Results Show Significant Increase in Heart Attack Survival

DAIC

Henry Ford Health's National Cardiogenic Shock Initiative research team. Cardiogenic shock is a critical condition in which the heart is unable to pump enough blood to sustain the body’s needs, depriving vital organs of blood supply. This can cause those organs to eventually stop functioning.

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ECG Blog #453 — Is this Wellens' Syndrome?

Ken Grauer, MD

P.S.: Cardiac cath was performed — and showed a distal LA D "culprit" lesion that was successfully stented. The remaining 13/26 patients developed these changes within 24 hours after hospital admission. Unfortunately — this patient died within 12 hours of obtaining this tracing from cardiogenic shock.

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A 40-Something male with a "Seizure," Hypotension, and Bradycardia

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Why is the patient in shock? He was in profound cardiogenic shock. He was successfully stented. The patient never arrested during his time at the hospital and his prognosis is good. There is an obvious inferior STEMI, but what else? This STE is diagnostic of Right Ventricular STEMI (RV MI). Learning Points : 1.

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How does Acute Total Left Main Coronary occlusion present on the ECG?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

TIMI flow 0) is rare in the ED, as most either die before arrival or are recognized clinically due to cardiogenic shock. 67) Less than 3% of anterior STEMI has LM OMI, and most are recognized clinically due to cardiogenic shock. (68, Current Emergency and Hospital Medicine Reports 2013;1:43-52.

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Should Troponin be a Vital Sign? Perhaps, but only if Interpreted Using Pre-test Probability.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

distal stent patent. The patient went into cardiogenic shock and ultimately died of this MI. Setting Secondary and tertiary care hospitals in the United Kingdom and United States. Repeat ECG shows modest ST elevation in I and aVL and depression in inferior leads." The cath lab was activated. Angiogram: LM 30% ostial.