Grape Syrup Improves Iron Deficiency Anemia Parameters in Women
HCPLive
AUGUST 18, 2024
A randomized clinical trial found significant improvements in key blood parameters for anemia after grape syrup intervention compared with placebo.
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Back to basics: what's going on here?
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
AUGUST 18, 2024
Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 70s presented with history of pacemaker presented with shortness of breath with exertion and presyncope. Here is his triage ECG with minimal symptoms: What do you think? The ECG shows pacemaker failure with inability to capture or sense, with either underlying atrial fibrillation or junctional escape rhythm. The QRS shows LVH and there are diffuse ST-T abnormalities likely in part appropriate for the LVH, though memory T waves are also a consideration.
NONCONDUCTED PAC
ECG Guru
AUGUST 18, 2024
We see an ECG with the limb leads and V1/V2. It shows a normal sinus rhythm with 1. degreeAV block and 1 conducted and 1 nonconducted PAC before the pause. There is a short pause in the middle of the ECG, how can this be explained? On closer inspection, a PAC can be seen in the ST segment/at the beginning of the T wave. This cannot be conducted due to the short coupling interval.
Wide Complex Tachycardia
EMS 12-Lead
AUGUST 18, 2024
David Didlake EMT-P, RN, ACNP @DidlakeDW An adult male self-presented to the ED with palpitations and the following ECG. The patient was very uncomfortable, dyspneic, and displayed an SpO2 90% on RA. He denied any known history of CAD, but did report ASCVD risk factors to include HTN, HLD, and DM. Of interest, he specified that he awoke earlier that morning in his usual state of health, then developed chest discomfort, then developed palpitations.
Linda’s wise advice about open heart surgery
Heart Sisters
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Personal tips from an experienced open heart surgery patient to help you in the hospital, when you’re going back home, and long afterwards.
Congenital Heart Surgery: In Rapid Evolution
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Improved diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy using electrocardiographic deep-learning
HeartRhythm
AUGUST 18, 2024
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a rare genetic heart disease associated with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. Diagnosis of ARVC is based on the 2010 Task Force Criteria (TFC), application of which often requires clinical expertise at specialized centers.
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