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Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Management of the Comatose Adult Patient With an Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Circulation

Survival with a favorable neurologic outcome is highest among individuals who present with a witnessed shockable rhythm, received bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation, achieve return of spontaneous circulation within 15 minutes of arrest, and have evidence of ST-segment elevation on initial ECG after return of spontaneous circulation.

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New AI Tool Finds Rare Variants Linked to Heart Disease in 17 Genes

DAIC

A rare variant association study using exome sequencing data was performed on a machine learning-based marker for coronary artery disease (CAD). Our findings help us understand how these 17 genes are involved in coronary artery disease. Credit: Ron Do, PhD, and Ben Omega Petrazzini, BS, at Icahn Mount Sinai.

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BIDMC-led Trial Leads to FDA approval of Coronary Drug-coated Balloons

DAIC

Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology and section chief of Interventional Cardiology at BIDMC. Even with advances in stent technology, patients with coronary in-stent restenosis continue to comprise approximately 10 percent of individuals undergoing angioplasty interventions each year. and Susan F.

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Diagnostic performances of Nonhyperemic Pressure Ratios and Coronary Angiography-Based Fractional Flow Reserve against conventional Wire-Based Fractional Flow Reserve

Coronary Artery Disease Journal

Aims We aimed to assess and compare the diagnostic performance of both NHPRs and coronary Angio-FFR against wire-based conventional FFR. The primary outcomes were the pooled sensitivity and specificity as well as the area under the curve (AUC) of the summary receiver-operating characteristic curve of those indices.

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A "normal ECG" on a busy night

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The patient was in his 50s with history of hypertension, diabetes, seizure disorder, and smoking, but no known coronary artery disease. As was the more reliable laboratory troponin T (0.00 More importantly, the benefit of intervention for OMI must be assumed to be maximal during the early stages before the troponin rises.

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

Wellnest

It’s essential for those at risk of coronary artery disease to be aware of the following symptoms. It is imperative to act swiftly when faced with such a medical emergency to ensure the best possible outcome. High cholesterol levels can clog your arteries, increasing the risk of coronary artery disease and heart attack.