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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (broken heart syndrome, stress induced cardiomyopathy)

…70%) of takotsubo cardiomyopathy occur in situations with extreme stress, such as car accidents, gun violence, threats, or any situation in which the individual's…

Introduction to cardiac arrest

…A total of 500 cases of fatal myocardial infarction were examined. The authors reported that 60–70% of all cases had no myocardial disease or…

Blood Pressure Targets in Older and Frail Adults

…although a smaller number of older patients may need treatment to prevent one adverse cardiovascular outcome, the potential benefit for an individual patient may remain…

Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR)

…At 30 days, 20% of those in the extracorporeal CPR group and 16% in the conventional CPR group had a favorable neurologic outcome. This difference…

Bempedoic Acid: Evidence and Clinical Use

…the reduction in a subgroup with diabetes was approximately 19.1%. The drug also lowers hsCRP. In a population of individuals unable or unwilling to…

A new ECG biomarker for sudden cardiac death

…suddenly never had an ejection fraction measured before death, and among those who did, only a minority had a reduced value — the majority of sudden…

A Novel Familial Cardiac Arrhythmia Syndrome Identified Using ECG

…diagnosed with atrial fibrillation in their 60s. The father had repeated episodes of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation. Several relatives presented with identical ECG changes…

Assessment of the pupillary reflex in cardiac arrest

…reflex demonstrated a sensitivity of 72.2% for predicting an unfavorable neurological outcome, indicating that the test failed to identify 27.8% of individuals with…

Cardiovascular effects of COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019)

…al, JAMA Cardiology (2020). Guo et al reported that 27.8% (52 of 187 patients) had myocardial injury, defined as elevated troponin T levels (TnT)…

Left bundle branch block (LBBB) in acute myocardial infarction: the Sgarbossa criteria

…that a substantial number of these patients had complete coronary artery occlusions, and outcomes improved when they were treated as acute STEMI cases. Management of…

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