The Skeptics' Guide to EM
NOVEMBER 25, 2023
She is the cofounder of FOAMcast and a […] The post SGEM#421: I Think I’d Have a Heart Attack – Maybe Not in a Rural Area? Background: We have covered the issue of heart attacks several times on the SGEM. These include looking at the HEART score, troponin testing and cardiovascular disease in women.
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
JULY 2, 2022
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. With a negative initial troponin, this gives him a HEART score of 4.
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Peter Canning
JUNE 8, 2025
It wasn’t long before we started doing thrombectomies, a procedure similar to what is done for heart attack patients. About the same time we started to host the annual stroke symposium.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MARCH 2, 2009
male presents because he "thought he might be having a heart attack." First, this patient had a known stent in the "marginal" artery and thought he was having a heart attack. Case 2 A 38 year old male with h/o smoking only c/o a few hours of severe substernal chest pain; he thinks he is having a heart attack.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
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 ).
EMT Training Station
JUNE 18, 2023
In the case of a heart attack, for instance, the damage can be permanent in a matter of minutes. Heart attacks, arrhythmias, heart failure, and hypertension are just some of the most common cardiovascular emergencies seen by EMTs, and they will all be discussed in this section.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
AUGUST 9, 2024
He reported a history of “Wolf-Parkinson-White” and “heart attack” but said neither had been treated. Serial ECGs enhance the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome. Association of intravenous morphine use and outcomes in acute coronary syndromes: Results from the Crusade Quality Improvement Initiative. Washam, J.
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