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Calculating Relative Lung Perfusion Using Fluoroscopic Sequences and Image Analysis: The Fluoroscopic Flow Calculator

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

BACKGROUND:Maldistribution of pulmonary blood flow in patients with congenital heart disease impacts exertional performance and pulmonary artery growth. Currently, measurement of relative pulmonary perfusion can only be performed outside the catheterization laboratory. P<0.001).

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The First 60 Minutes of a Heart Attack: The Golden Hour

Wellnest

The only requirement is that it can be performed only in facilities with a cardiac catheterization laboratory and well-versed clinicians in this operation. Then angioplasty is performed, and a medical device called a stent (metallic scaffold) is deployed in the artery to open the blood flow.

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What can you find with continuous ST monitoring in the ED?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

His initial high sensitivity troponin I returned at 1300 ng/L and given that his cardiac workup was otherwise unremarkable, a CT was obtained to evaluate for pulmonary embolism and aortic aneurysm or dissection but this too was unrevealing. Also: electrical instability, pulmonary edema, or hypotension. Another EKG was also obtained.