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STEMI: Primary PCI and System-of-Care Time Targets

…complications fall into two broad categories: Electrical complications , particularly ventricular arrhythmias. Mechanical or pump failure complications , including heart failure and cardiogenic shock. Most out of…

The Best Clinical ECG Book: ECG Made Easy or Complete?

…AI). ECG interpretation requires a comprehensive understanding of cardiovascular pathophysiology and electrocardiology. Unfortunately, numerous books and online resources fall into the trap of oversimplification. Physicians…

Causes of sudden cardiac arrest

…does not fall into the other categories. Trauma Cardiac arrest caused by violence, accidents, burns, or other trauma. Drowning Cardiac arrest due to drowning Electrocution…

Opioid therapy in severe pain

…is given. The serious incidents almost always arise when the principle of titration is abandoned — when a fixed dose is given without assessment, when a…

Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction: Types 1–5

…the 99th percentile upper reference limit (URL). The injury is considered acute if there is a documented rise and/or fall of cTn values. However…

The Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction: Types 1–5

…by a rise and/or fall in cTn with at least one value above the 99th percentile URL; and Clinical evidence of acute myocardial ischaemia …

Ventricular Tachycardia

…Syndrome) [1] . Underlying Etiologies The etiology of VT is broadly dichotomized into structural heart disease (SHD) and structurally normal hearts, a division that profoundly influences…

Non-ST Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction (NSTEMI) and Unstable Angina

…of Acute Coronary Syndromes encompasses Unstable Angina (UA), Non ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (NSTEMI), and ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI). Historically, guidelines bifurcated ACS into…

Laryngeal mask and difficult airway

…down into the larynx. The difficult airway rarely kills because the tube would not pass, but because the team keeps trying to intubate instead of…

Strain, strain rate and speckle tracking: Myocardial deformation

…effectiveness of longitudinal, radial, and circumferential contraction. Thus, methods such as ejection fraction may provide easily obtained parameters, but fail to provide important insights into…

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