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Clot-in-transit and pulmonary embolism: an urgent call for awareness and action

Heart BMJ

Patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) have a wide spectrum of clinical presentations, from incidental findings to sudden cardiac death. Management and treatment recommendations in currently available guidelines vary according to patient risk and haemodynamic profile. PROSPERO registration number: CRD42024493303.

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Something Winter This Way Comes

EMS 12-Lead

Otherwise, no admission of CAD, HLD, or family history of sudden cardiac death. A second 12 Lead ECG was recorded: This is a testament to the dynamic nature of coronary thrombosis and thrombolysis. He described the pain as “nagging,” and equally not exacerbated by any kind of movement. But the lesion is still active!

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The “open data” movement runs aground on FOURIER

Dr. Anish Koka

The TIMI (Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction) Study Group is a Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the esteemed Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. In the second case, the authors state the patient died of an MI that was “misadjudicated” by the FOURIER CEC as a non-cardiovascular death.