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 ...

When reading the ECG of a patient presenting with cardiopulmonary complaints, the most important duty of acute care clinicians is to determine whether there is evidence of an acute coronary occlusion ...

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.

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 ...

Routine use of early angiography and, if needed, reperfusion in patients resuscitated after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is standard of care for those with ST-segment elevation. But whether the same ...

Dr. Steven Nissen answers the question: 'EKG During A Heart Attack?' — -- Question: What does an EKG show during a heart attack? Answer: During a heart attack, an EKG shows very specific changes, ...

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 ...

Some clinicians say that testing for occlusion myocardial infarction (OMI) instead might be a better tool for making that determination. “We think we should get rid of the term ST-elevation MI, ...

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 ...