Readers Respond: Nitroglycerin, Boarding Tactics, and Acute Urinary Retention
‘Revisiting Nitroglycerin in MI with Right-Side Ventricular Involvement’ (March 2024) Another question to ask is why do…
Myocardial Infarction
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Readers Respond: Nitroglycerin, Boarding Tactics, and Acute Urinary Retention
‘Revisiting Nitroglycerin in MI with Right-Side Ventricular Involvement’ (March 2024) Another question to ask is why do... -
Revisiting Nitroglycerin in MI with Right-Side Ventricular Involvement
A 64-year-old male collapses after shovelling snow. Paramedics find a patient with eight out of 10 chest... -
Acute Pericarditis: A Diagnosis of Exclusion
While pericarditis is an unusual diagnosis, with an annual incidence of 27.7 per 100,000 persons, the recurrence...
Revisiting Nitroglycerin in MI with Right-Side Ventricular Involvement
A 64-year-old male collapses after shovelling snow. Paramedics find a patient with eight out of 10 chest…
Acute Pericarditis: A Diagnosis of Exclusion
While pericarditis is an unusual diagnosis, with an annual incidence of 27.7 per 100,000 persons, the recurrence…
ECMO Use Rising in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction
The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is increasing in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), according…
Fast Angiography Not Helpful for Unconscious Cardiac Arrest Patients Without STEMI
When patients are comatose after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, should they be rushed into coronary angiography if…
High Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Tests for Acute Myocardial Infarction May be Flawed
High sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) assays routinely used to help exclude or diagnose acute myocardial infarction…
Increased Myocardial Infarction Risk Associated with NSAID Use
The use of oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is associated with an increased risk of acute myocardial…
Invasive Strategy Best for Octogenarians with NSTEMI
An early invasive strategy provides better outcomes than a conservative strategy in octogenarians with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction…
Thrombus Aspiration Does Not Improve Standard Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Outcomes
Routine thrombus aspiration does not improve clinical outcomes over those of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients…
Is That Chest Pain Unstable Angina or Acute Coronary Syndrome?
BOSTON—One of the more expensive questions any emergency physician can ask is: Does the patient complaining of…