DAIC

JANUARY 18, 2024

"Daily life for the millions of people with AFib can be difficult as symptoms often include palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness and chest pain, making it critical that physicians treat the issue as soon as possible," said Christopher Piorkowski, M.D. chief medical officer of Abbott's electrophysiology business.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 11, 2023

Written by Bobby Nicholson MD and Pendell Meyers A man in his 30s presented to the ED for evaluation of chest pain and palpitations. At this point, the patient had been symptomatic for almost 5 hours, appeared unwell with chest pain and diaphoresis. Thus, the patients rhythm is atrial fibrillation with WPW.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 22, 2023

He denied chest pain or shortness of breath. In the clinical context of weakness and fever, without chest pain or shortness of breath, the likelihood of Brugada pattern is obviously much higher. She has not yet been seen by electrophysiology or had further genetic testing for Brugada syndrome.

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Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Ahead of Print. Postablation chest pain consistent with pericarditis was reduced with colchicine (4% versus 15%; HR, 0.26 [95% CI, 0.09–0.77];P=0.02) BACKGROUND:Inflammation may promote atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence after catheter ablation. 2.02];P=0.89). 1.99];P=0.55).CONCLUSIONS:Colchicine

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Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

JANUARY 29, 2024

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:There is no specific treatment for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) manifesting as pulseless electric activity (PEA) and survival rates are low; unlike ventricular fibrillation (VF), which is treatable by defibrillation.

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Sometimes arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy patients can present with acute chest pain and elevation of myocardial enzymes and has been called as ‘hot phase’ These require differentiation from acute myocardial infarction and have normal coronary arteries [3].

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Session 104) - What Is Really New in Electrophysiology That Will Change My Practice? The Guidelines Sessions at ACC.24 24: Joint American College of Cardiology/Journal of the American College of Cardiology Late-Breaking Clinical Trials (Session 402) Saturday, April 6 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

A 50 something-year-old man with a history of newly diagnosed hypertension and diabetes, for which he did not take any medication, presented a non-PCI-capable center with a vague, but central chest pain. His vitals were normal and his first ECG was as shown below: There is obvious ST segment elevation (STE) in anterior leads.

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

MARCH 28, 2024

I am always happy to see this ECG of Brugada syndrome sent to me by Professor Josep Brugada, in 2001, for the inaugural issue of the Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal, which I started in 2001.

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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

MARCH 11, 2024

Methods and Results A 67-year-old male with a history of LAAC was referred to our emergency room with recurrent chest pain and palpitations and was diagnosed with ischemic angina pectoris.

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DAIC

MAY 9, 2024

People who do have symptoms may experience episodes of fainting, chest pain, shortness of breath or irregular heartbeats. HCM affects approximately 1 in every 500 individuals; however, a significant portion of cases remain undiagnosed because many people do not exhibit symptoms.

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DAIC

DECEMBER 8, 2023

AFib causes a variety of symptoms, including fast or chaotic heartbeat, fatigue, shortness of breath, and chest pain, and causes about 450,000 hospitalizations each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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EMS 12-Lead

JUNE 1, 2022

Smith and Myers found that in otherwise classic Wellens syndrome – that is, prior anginal chest pain that resolves with subsequent dynamic T wave inversions on the ECG – even the T waves of LBBB behave similarly. [2] Josephson’s Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology: Techniques and Interpretations (6th ed). 7] Callans, D.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

It was from a patient with chest pain: Note the obvious Brugada pattern. She has not yet been seen by electrophysiology or had further genetic testing for Brugada syndrome. The elevated troponin was attributed to either type 2 MI or to non-MI acute myocardial injury. There is no further workup at this time.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

2 weeks Here is the final electrophysiology note: It is unclear what precipitated his motor vehicle collision. ECG of pneumopericardium and probable myocardial contusion shows typical pericarditis Male in 30's, 2 days after Motor Vehicle Collsion, complains of Chest Pain and Dyspnea Head On Motor Vehicle Collision.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2016

A late middle-aged man presented with one hour of chest pain. The cause and electrophysiologic consequences of this hypokalemia are unknown; in most cases, it is apparently caused by a shift of potassium from the intravascular compartment rather than a total body depletion of potassium. Most recent echo showed EF of 60%.

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta

AUGUST 31, 2022

They are always tired, they have bad brain fog, they have issues with lack of refreshing sleep, they have horrendous gut issues, they have chest pain and breathlessness, they have headaches and they even have bladder symptoms. What do they mean when they say they feel rubbish all the time? Is there any evidence that this works?

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DAIC

APRIL 6, 2024

Chugh, the Pauline and Harold Price Chair in Cardiac Electrophysiology Research at Cedars-Sinai, investigates the causes of and potential treatments for abnormal heart rhythms, including sudden cardiac arrest. EDT, and she will co-chair electrophysiology research presentations.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 23, 2022

Patient 2 : 55 year old with 5 hours of chest pain radiating to the shoulder, with nausea and shortness of breath ECG: sinus bradycardia, normal conduction, normal axis, normal R wave progression, no hypertrophy. This was missed by the treating physician, but the chest pain resolved with aspirin.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

Check : [vitals, SOB, Chest Pain, Ultrasound] If the patient has Abdominal Pain, Chest Pain, Dyspnea or Hypoxemia, Headache, Hypotension , then these should be considered the primary chief complaint (not syncope). Electrophysiologic studies were performed in selected patients only as clinically appropriate.

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American College of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Bond's program incorporates experts in interventional cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, electrophysiology, advanced heart failure and other subspecialties in cardiology. That's the only way we can give women a definitive diagnosis for what's causing their chest pain." It's really empowering to the patient."

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 6, 2020

This middle-aged man with no cardiac history but with significant history of methamphetamin and alcohol use presented with chest pain and SOB, worsening over days, with orthopnea. Patient course The patient was started on beta blockers and schedule for an electrophysiologic study. BP:143/99, Pulse 109, Temp 37.2 °C

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The patient denied any chest pain whatsoever, and a troponin at zero and 2 hours were both undetectable. A score including ECG pattern, early familial SCD antecedents, inducible electrophysiological study, presentation as syncope or as aborted SCD and SND had a predictive performance of 0.82. and proband status (HR 2.1).

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Written by Willy Frick with edits by Ken Grauer An older man with a history of non-ischemic HFrEF s/p CRT and mild coronary artery disease presented with chest pain. He said he had had three episodes of chest pain that day while urinating. ECG 1 What do you think? There is a lot going on in this ECG.

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