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Ventricular Fibrillation, ICD, LBBB, QRS of 210 ms, Positive Smith Modified Sgarbossa Criteria, and Pacemaker-Mediated Tachycardia

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Bedside ED ultrasound showed exceedingly poor global LV function, and no B lines. Pacemaker mediated tachycardia! Pacemaker mediated tachycardia , also called "Endless Loop Tachycardia," cannot happen during atrial fibrillation, so the A fib must have converted. Here is the initial ED ECG. What do you think?

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Cardiologists Train Large AI Model to Assess Heart Structure, Function

DAIC

milla1cf Thu, 05/02/2024 - 10:09 May 2, 2024 — Artificial intelligence experts at Cedars-Sinai and the Smidt Heart Institute created a dataset with more than 1 million echocardiograms, or cardiac ultrasound videos, and their corresponding clinical interpretations. Image by Getty.

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EM Quick Hits 20 Imaging Renal Colic, Human Trafficking, Atrial Fibrillation During COVID, Transvenous Pacemaker Placement, COVID Lung POCUS, COVID Derm, Virtual Simulation

ECG Cases

The post EM Quick Hits 20 Imaging Renal Colic, Human Trafficking, Atrial Fibrillation During COVID, Transvenous Pacemaker Placement, COVID Lung POCUS, COVID Derm, Virtual Simulation appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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Torsade in a patient with left bundle branch block: is there a long QT? (And: Left Bundle Pacing).

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Bedside cardiac ultrasound showed moderately decreased LV function. Place temporary pacemaker 3. (And of course Ken's comments at the bottom) An elderly obese woman with cardiomyopathy, Left bundle branch block, and chronic hypercapnea presented hypoxic with altered mental status. She was intubated.

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What is new in Heart failure management ? Ultrasonic cardiac re-synchronization : The WiSE -CRT device

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

Green: Micra leadless pacemaker; blue: WiSE-CRT system LV endocardial electrode; and red: WiSE-CRT system subcutaneous battery and ultrasound generator. Carabelli A, Jabeur M, Jacon P, Rinaldi CA, European experience with a first totally leadless cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemaker system. 2021 May 21;23(5):740-747.

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This Heart Health Tips to Keep You Healthy This Summer

AMS Cardiology

At AMS Cardiology, we offer comprehensive cardiac care including services tailored to the specific needs of seniors such as: Echocardiography: This painless ultrasound uses sound waves to create images of your heart, allowing doctors to assess its structure and function.

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46 year old with chest pain develops a wide complex rhythm -- see many examples

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Automatic activity refers to enhanced pacemaking function (typically from a non sinus node source), for example atrial tachycardia. However the patient continued to have chest pain and bedside ultrasound showed hypokinesis of the septum with significantly reduced LVEF. The most common triggered arrhythmia is Torsades de Pointes.