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De-escalation and Shortened Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients at High Bleeding Risk

…of patients with STEMI or other very high risk features. Noninferiority studies designed mainly around bleeding outcomes may not reliably exclude clinically important differences in…

Exercise stress testing in special patient populations

…reach their maximal heart rate. Ultimately, the specificity of exercise stress testing is lower in the elderly, as compared to younger individuals. Sensitivity, on the…

Atrial Fibrillation in the Critically Ill Patient

…In the critically ill patient, AF may be pre existing, newly detected for the first time, or newly developed during management of an acute illness…

Clinical application of ECG in chest pain & acute myocardial infarction

…of ECG in acute coronary syndromes & chest pain patients An ECG must be performed on all patients seeking medical attention due to chest discomfort or…

Assessment of the pupillary reflex in cardiac arrest

…often check pupil size and reactivity as part of initial and ongoing evaluations of patients in cardiac arrest or after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC)…

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