Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) continues to be a leading cause of death worldwide, necessitating rapid and accurate diagnosis to mitigate severe cardiac damage. The electrocardiogram (ECG) remains ...
Key points A 56-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 2-day history of central chest pain and dyspnea. Her medical history included having had a myocardial infarction (MI) with n ...
The posterior wall demonstrates ECG changes the opposite of other myocardial segments due to the location; thus, instead of ST segment elevation, a posterior myocardial infarction is characterized by ...
The most serious form of the acute coronary syndrome, ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, or STEMI, most often results from complete thrombotic occlusion of a major epicardial coronary artery.
I was involved in a malpractice case a couple of years ago as a consultant. The case involved an emergency physician who was being sued for failure to make a rapid diagnosis of an ST-segment elevation ...
Early substrate-based radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) was associated with reduced risk of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapies, but with no meaningful difference ...
Dear Dr. Roach: When I went to my new doctor, whom I like very much, I found that they do a lot of things in their office for which I would normally be sent elsewhere. The nurse drew four vials of ...
Recent self-reported use of cannabis is not associated with ECG abnormalities; however, ECG evidence of myocardial infarction ...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is showing markedly variability in performance across cardiovascular imaging, with a new ...