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Acute chest pain and ST Elevation. CT done to look for aortic dissection.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Written by Willy Frick A 67 year old man with a history of hypertension presented with three days of chest pain radiating to his back. He had associated nausea, vomiting, and dyspnea. What do you think? This ECG together with these symptoms is certainly concerning for OMI, but the ECG is not fully diagnostic, and another consideration could be acute pericarditis.

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Deaths Due to Alcohol Use; Steps for the Sedentary

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

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Brian S. Kim, MD: Prioritizing the Patient in Dermatology Innovation

HCPLive

The pioneer in neuroimmune research and itch physiology discusses how treatment innovation has evolved dermatology—and what still needs to be changed in practice.

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What to Know About Benign Esophageal Diseases

CTVS

At CTVS, our thoracic surgeons treat conditions affecting the esophagus including the most serious issue – esophageal cancer – and benign foregut disease like acid reflux (or GERD) and achalasia. GERD stands for gastroesophageal reflux disease, or more commonly acid reflux, and refers to the occurrence of stomach acid routinely flowing backwards up into the esophagus from the stomach.

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High Risankizumab Induction Dose Rapidly Clears Psoriasis, Reduces Resident Memory Cells

HCPLive

Data from the phase 2 KNOCKOUT study show risankizumab's sustained benefit in reducing memory cells over 52 weeks in psoriasis patients.

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Resting heart rate and incident atrial fibrillation in patients with diastolic dysfunction

The American Journal of Cardiology

Publication date: Available online 9 March 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Stefan Preisendörfer, Virginia Singla, Aditya Bhonsale, Krishna Kancharla, Floyd Thoma, Suresh Mulukutla, Andrew Voigt, Alaa Shalaby, N.A.

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Iltefat Hamzavi, MD: New Phase 2b Findings on Upadacitinib for Non-Segmental Vitiligo

HCPLive

Hamzavi discusses new late-breaking data from AAD 2024, including major takeaways and safety profile after 52 weeks.

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Drug Survival of Hidradenitis Suppurativa Patients Treated with Infliximab, Adalimumab

HCPLive

These findings from AAD 2024 did not include statistically significant infliximab response predictors, though it had been the largest reported cohort on the subject to date.

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LITE Study Shows Similar Efficacy Between At-Home, In-Office Psoriasis Phototherapy

HCPLive

Phototherapy is consistently beneficial for patient-reported and clinical outcomes regardless of the location, according to late-breaking data at AAD 2024.