Disclosure: Ali A. Sovari, MD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships in addition to his employment. Disclosure: Marilyn A. Prasun, RN, PhD, has disclosed no relevant financial ...

Researchers at University Medical Center Maastricht and international partners report that a single shot of the drug ...

A 59-year-old man presented to the emergency department with unstable angina pectoris for the past few hours and a hypertensive crisis (180/100 mm Hg). The heart rate was 79 beats/min in sinus rhythm.

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.

Background: Baseline Q waves may provide additional value compared with time from the onset of symptoms in predicting outcomes for patients with ST-segment elevation. We evaluated whether baseline Q ...

PARIS, France—Among patients with acute MI and occlusive disease on invasive angiography, those presenting without ST-segment elevation on the initial ECG fare worse than those with STEMI, researchers ...

Pericarditis, or inflammation of the pericardium, has typical ECG findings. These findings occur in progressive stages, all of which are seen in about 50% of cases of pericarditis. Stage I (acute ...

See related research article by Siha and colleagues on page 1135 and at www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.111683 One could imagine a scenario in which attention to ...

Sooner was not better when using ECG to determine candidates for urgent coronary angiography after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), according to the PEACE study from Europe. The earlier the ECG ...

Discover how machine learning models are revolutionizing the diagnosis of occlusion myocardial infarction (OMI) in patients with acute chest pain. Machine learning models surpass clinicians and ...

A 77-year-old white female patient was brought to the ED after becoming hypotensive and feeling lightheaded at home. The paramedics reported smelling natural gas at her home upon their arrival. Her ...