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SGEM#370: Listen to your Heart (Score)…MACE Incidence in Non-Low Risk Patients with known Coronary Artery Disease

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Major adverse cardiac event rates in moderate-risk patients: Does prior coronary disease matter? Major adverse cardiac event rates in moderate-risk patients: Does prior coronary disease matter? His father had a minor heart attack at the age of 63. He has no history of coronary artery disease.

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A man in his 70s with chest pain

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

He stated it was similar to prior heart attacks. At times — the initial subtle findings simply represent a phase of "pseudo-normalization" that may occur soon after spontaneous reopening of an acutely occluded coronary artery. Today's patient is high-risk ( ie, in a high "prevalence" group for having an acute coronary event ).

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The Cardiovascular System for EMTs: Interventions and Heart Conditions

EMT Training Station

In the event of an SA node malfunction, the AV node can initiate electrical impulses on its own, but at a slower rate—usually between 40 and 60 beats per minute. The Cardiac Cycle: A Journey Through the Heart The cardiac cycle is an intricate sequence of events that takes place in the heart during one complete heartbeat.

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A teenager with chest pain, a troponin below the limit of detection, and "benign early repolarization"

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Repeat CT angio chest (not CT coronary, unclear what protocol) showed possible LAD aneurysm and thrombus. Finally, coronary angiography was performed (at least 5 days after presentation) which confirmed LAD aneurysm with large thrombus burden, TIMI 0 flow, thrombectomy performed.

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Pay now (in the evening) or pay later with interest (in the middle of the night).

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

He reports this was similar to how he felt when he had his heart attack 4 years prior, now s/p 4 stents. PMCardio Queen of Hearts AI Model: The Queen of course also thinks it is acute OMI, for the same reasons. A 50 something male presented in the evening to ED for evaluation of chest pain that started at 1600.

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