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Watch what happens when "pericarditis" and morphine cloud your judgment

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

As an exercise, lets calculate the equation for differentiating the ST elevation between benign early repolarization and LAD occlusion. Remember, pericarditis is the thing you say and write down when youre actively trying to miss an OMI. Thats really all pericarditis is good for. LAD occlusion. Great case. This is insanity.

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7 Things You Can Do To Reduce Your Risk Even If You Already Have Heart Disease.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

It is a structured education and exercise program that helps people understand what has just happened to them and helps them get all the lifestyle and medical pieces together to reduce the future risk of a major heart event. Regular exercise and hitting LDL-C targets of <1.4 Share Reverse Coronary Artery Disease.

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Differentiating Between Cardiac and Non-Cardiac Chest Pain

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

The typical pain of cardiac origin is a central chest pain which occurs on walking or other forms of exercise, known as effort angina. Another type of pain originating from the heart is due to an inflammation of its covering known as pericarditis. Pain of pericarditis can increase on swallowing and mimic pain from the food pipe.

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Brugada Syndrome: Diagnosis and Risk Stratification

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

They include myocardial ischemia, acute pericarditis, pulmonary embolism, external compression due to mass over the right ventricular outflow tract region, and metabolic disorders like hyper or hypokalemia and hypercalcemia. These are the conditions which have to be considered or excluded as they can sometimes manifest Brugada pattern on ECG.

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A teenager with chest pain, a troponin below the limit of detection, and "benign early repolarization"

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Sent by anonymous, written by Pendell Meyers A male in his teens presented with complaints of chest discomfort and dyspnea beginning while exercising but without obvious injury. He immediately stopped exercising and symptoms started to improve. Pericarditis? 24 yo woman with chest pain: Is this STEMI?