Global Cardiac Surgery

AUGUST 14, 2018

Documented reports in Ghana go back to 1964 with the use of surface cooling to close atrial septal defects (ASDs) and performing a closed mitral commissurotomy at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, under Charles Easmon, general surgeon and head of the Surgery Department at the hospital.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 3, 2018

After admission he undergoes another ECG, though it is unclear from documentation whether there was a change in his chest pain. Documentation strongly suggests that this finding was what ultimately convinced the cardiologists that this was not pericarditis. After this result he was given therapeutic enoxaparin. Teaching points: 1.

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Pericarditis Chest Pain Stents Stent 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The emergency physician does cautiously (correctly) note that the ECG meets STEMI criteria in V3 and V4, but goes on to document absence of ACS symptoms. When I reviewed the chart, I learned that the patient had presented with syncope. The patient ruled out for MI with serial troponin testing.

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