Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

I was texted this ECG just as I was getting into bed. It is of an elderly woman who complained of shortness of breath and had a recent stent placed. I was told that the Queen of Hearts had called it OMI with high confidence. What do you think? Ken (below) is appropriately worried about pulmonary embolism from the ECG. What I had not told him before he made that judgement is that the patient also had ultrasound B-lines of pulmonary edema.

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Cassling

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

With so many technological advancements happening across all of healthcare, it’s easy to lose sight of the incredible evolution happening to one of the cornerstones of the hospital imaging experience: MRI. 2024 will continue to see a number of improvements to the MRI patient experience, the workflows of imaging teams and the systems that are crucial to ensuring the image is of the highest quality necessary to aid in a successful diagnosis.

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Physiologically Speaking

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Greetings! Welcome to the Physiology Friday newsletter. Some news: now and through the end of November, I’m running a Black Friday sale on monthly and yearly subscriptions! If you’re a free subscriber and want to gain access to all of my content, now is the time to upgrade!

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Cardiology Update

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2023 conference took place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, USA from October 23 – 26, 2023. Dr. Chadi Alraies provides an overview of the top highlights from TCT 2023. For more cardiology research news join our newsletter or follow us on Twitter , Facebook , LinkedIn or Instagram. The post TCT 2023 Highlights appeared first on Cardiology Update.

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Physiologically Speaking

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Greetings! Welcome to the Physiology Friday newsletter. Some news: now and through the end of November, I’m running a Black Friday sale on monthly and yearly subscriptions! If you’re a free subscriber and want to gain access to all of my content, now is the time to upgrade!

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Physiology Exercise 52

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUNDThe optimal reperfusion technique in patients with isolated posterior cerebral artery (PCA) occlusion is uncertain. We compared clinical and technical outcomes with first‐line stent retriever (SR), contact aspiration (CA), or combined techniques in patients with isolated PCA occlusion.METHODSThis international case–control study was conducted at 30 sites in Europe and North America and included consecutive patients with iso

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Unlike humans, zebrafish can completely regenerate their hearts after injury. They owe this ability to the interaction between their nervous and immune systems, as researchers now report.

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Hypertension Journal

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Hypertension, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:Arterial stiffness, as measured by arterial pulse wave velocity (PWV), is an established biomarker for cardiovascular risk and target-organ damage in individuals with hypertension. With the emergence of new devices for assessing PWV, it has become evident that some of these devices yield results that display significant discrepancies compared with previous devices.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Fifty hospitals were selected as the top in the nation for vascular care, according to a Healthgrades ranking released Oct. 24.

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Physiologically Speaking

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

When to exercise for metabolic benefits.

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Exercise Physiology 52

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Two recent studies have found drugs that can significantly lower genetic cholesterol levels.

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Physiologically Speaking

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

When to exercise for metabolic benefits.

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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Abstract Introduction Cavo-tricuspid isthmus (CTI) dependent atrial flutter (AFL) is one of the most common atrial arrhythmias involving the right atrium (RA) for which radiofrequency catheter ablation has been widely used as a therapy of choice. However, there is limited data on the effect of this intervention on cardiac size and function. Methods A retrospective study was conducted on 468 patients who underwent ablation for CTI dependent typical AFL at a single institution between 2010 and 201

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