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 ...

Integrating the reverse Aslanger pattern with Littmann’s continuity, the patient was diagnosed with a high lateral, high-risk, occlusive myocardial infarction. The patient immediately received dual ...

GUILDFORD, UK — Obtaining an ECG in the prehospital setting makes it more likely patients with ST-elevation MI (STEMI) will get reperfusion therapy and, in both STEMI and non-ST-elevation MI (NSTEMI) ...

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 ...

To achieve timely restoration of coronary flow in patients with acute myocardial infarction, the decision to call in the cardiac catheterization team has moved ever earlier, and is often made before ...

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The ability to diagnose ischemic ST-elevation in symptomatic patients using electrocardiogram (ECG) alone varies greatly among interventional cardiologists, according to a study published in the ...

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) continues to be a leading cause of death worldwide, necessitating rapid and accurate diagnosis to mitigate severe cardiac damage. The electrocardiogram (ECG) remains ...

A man in his early 60s presents to the emergency department (ED) with a 1-day history of pleuritic central chest pressure. He has a history of a recent myocardial infarction (MI) that was treated with ...