Acute Coronary Syndromes
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Mortality post perioperative CPR climbs with patient frailty
The current analysis provides “a heretofore absent base of evidence to guide decision-making regarding CPR in patients with frailty who undergo...
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MD rushes in after lightning strikes four people at White House
It was like two different parts of my brain were active at the exact same time. One said “You just ran from there, idiot. Why are you running back...
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AHA statement addresses equity in cardio-oncology care
Statement says developing personalized cardioprotection strategies that integrate biological, genetic, and social determinant markers is one way...
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Upping CO2 does not benefit OHCA patients: TAME
“These out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients are a very diverse group, and it may be possible that some patients could have benefited from...
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Guide explains nonsurgical management of major hemorrhage
Bleeding affects everybody in medicine, from family doctors in smaller institutions who work in emergency departments to obstetricians and...
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PTSD, anxiety linked to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
“Awareness of the higher risks of OHCA in patients with stress-related disorders and anxiety is important when treating these patients.”
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ECMO signals benefit for cardiogenic shock after MI in halted trial
Although based on small numbers in a halted trial, ECMO was associated with reduced mortality for PCI patients in MI-related cardiogenic shock,...
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Real-world data validate ESC risk model in NSTE-ACS
A real-world study has potentially validated a risk model put forward by the ESC for management of acute coronary syndromes without persistent ST-...
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Machine-learning model improves MI diagnosis
“It really is a game changer in terms of its potential to improve health efficiency,”
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Age-specific cut-offs needed for cardiac troponin tests?
“If age-specific thresholds were deployed, then our data suggest that thresholds used to diagnose myocardial injury would need to be higher in...
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Cardiovascular disease deaths rise on and after high-pollution days
High levels of air pollution were linked to higher risk of death from MI and stroke in a Polish population.