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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
By Smith, peer-reviewed by Interventional Cardiologist Emre Aslanger Submitted by anonymous A 53 y.o. Studies such as those by Moise et al 14 and Ellis et al 39 have shown that the relative risk of developing an acute myocardial infarction in the territory supplied by an artery with a 70%. The pain radiated to both shoulders.
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
SEPTEMBER 11, 2021
Date: September 8th, 2021 Reference: Desch et al. Date: September 8th, 2021 Reference: Desch et al. He is interested and experienced in healthcare informatics, previously worked with ED-directed EMR design, and is involved in the New York City Health and Hospitals Healthcare Administration Scholars Program (HASP).
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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JULY 31, 2020
Their OMI Manifesto details how use of standard STEMI criteria results in an unacceptable level of inaccuracy, in which an estimated 25-30% of acute coronary occlusions are missed! The article by Aslanger, Smith et al that is featured above in today’s post has just been published. P.S.: Our September 3, 2020 post features Dr.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 1, 2024
This was contributed by Co-editor Emre Aslanger, an interventional cardiologist in Turkey. A recent angiogram report indicated a totally occluded left anterior descending artery (LAD) and right coronary artery (RCA), with 30-40% narrowings in the left circumflex artery (LCx).
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Hospital Course The patient was taken emergently to the cath lab which did not reveal any significant coronary artery disease, but she was noted to have reduced EF consistent with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Reference on Troponins: Xenogiannis I, Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, et al. It can only be seen by IVUS. MINOCA has many etiologies.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
DECEMBER 18, 2022
Written by Emre Aslanger (Emre is our newest editor. Although not striking, this is clearly a diagnostic ECG for infero"posterior" myocardial infarction due to coronary occlusion (OMI), most likely due to left circumflex (LCx) artery occlusion. Here are his publications.) He denies any illicit drug use. His ECG is shown below.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JUNE 11, 2021
Accordingly, in the algorithm by Cai et al for patients with LBBB and ischemic symptoms ( See below ) — the first indication for PCI is clinical: patients with hemodynamic instability or acute heart failure. This ALONE is very strong evidence of acute coronary occlusion. Any indications for cath lab activation?
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