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Back to basics: what's going on here?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

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.

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Grape Syrup Improves Iron Deficiency Anemia Parameters in Women

HCPLive

A randomized clinical trial found significant improvements in key blood parameters for anemia after grape syrup intervention compared with placebo.

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Congenital Heart Surgery: In Rapid Evolution

Circulation

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue 8 , Page 583-585, August 20, 2024.

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Linda’s wise advice about open heart surgery

Heart Sisters

Personal tips from an experienced open heart surgery patient to help you in the hospital, when you’re going back home, and long afterwards.

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

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NONCONDUCTED PAC

ECG Guru

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.

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Medicare Drug Cuts Target CVD Meds, Drive Debates

CardiacWire

The White House finally unveiled its negotiated Medicare drug prices , bringing 38%-76% reductions to the first 10 drugs, while drawing mixed industry reactions. Medicare drug price negotiations are one of the highlighted results of 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act, allowing CMS to negotiate drug prices for the very first time. Between 2026 and 2029, CMS will select 60 targeted meds based on a range of factors (costs, usage, “single-source,” lack of generics, etc.) and negotiate their Medicare “ma

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Highlights From the Circulation Family of Journals

Circulation

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue 8 , Page 651-656, August 20, 2024.

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Impact of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor on recurrence and cardiovascular outcomes after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure

HeartRhythm

The impact of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) on atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence outcomes and adverse cardiovascular outcomes in heart failure (HF) patients after AF ablation is unknown.

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Correction to: Past, Present, and Future of CTA

Circulation

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue 8 , Page e199-e199, August 20, 2024.

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Electrogram Guided Bachmann Bundle Area Pacing to Correct Interatrial Block : Initial Experience, Safety, and Feasibility

HeartRhythm

A lack of standard Bachman Bundle(BB) capture criteria has affected the clinical impact of Bachmann Bundle Area Pacing(BBAP) in patients with inter-atrial block(IAB).

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Correction to: Diagnosis and Management of Cardiac Sarcoidosis: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Circulation

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue 8 , Page e197-e197, August 20, 2024.

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Improved diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy using electrocardiographic deep-learning

HeartRhythm

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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Letter by Zhang et al Regarding Article, “Patient-Level Pooled Analysis of Endovascular Ultrasound Renal Denervation or a Sham Procedure 6 Months After Medication Escalation: The RADIANCE Clinical Trial Program”

Circulation

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue 8 , Page e181-e182, August 20, 2024.

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Correction to: 2024 AHA/ACC/AMSSM/HRS/PACES/SCMR Guideline for the Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Report of the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines

Circulation

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue 8 , Page e198-e198, August 20, 2024.