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Expedited transfer to cardiac arrest center vs standard care for non-ST elevation out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Cardiology Update

Ambulance staff randomly assigned participants to receive expedited delivery to a cardiac catheter laboratory at one of seven designated cardiac arrest centers or standard care with delivery to the nearest emergency department.

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Who Needs a CT Coronary Angiogram?

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Conventional coronary angiograms are obtained by injecting medications directly into the coronary arteries and imaging them with X-ray equipment in cardiac catheterization laboratory. The dye is injected through long tubes known as catheters introduced through blood vessels at the wrist or groin.

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Basics of Echocardiography

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Transcript of the video: Echocardiography is now not restricted to the echocardiographic laboratory. It is used in the emergency department, at bedside, in the intensive care unit as well as in the operating room. Hence a basic knowledge is needed for all physicians and paramedics.

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Micro and Nanoplastics and Cardiovascular Events – Recent Study

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Even though good care was taken, they could not completely rule out laboratory contamination because of the ubiquitous presence of plastics everywhere! Mean follow up period in the study was about 34 months. One limitation mentioned in the paper attracted my attention.

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