Browsing: October 2022

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Cardiology

ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction in a Biventricular Paced Rhythm

10/10/2022 Priyanka Ravindran, MD , Rabia Iqbal, DO , Jason Kolb, MD
More studies are needed to create sensitive and specific criteria for coronary-related ischemia in patients with biventricular pacemakers, but high clinical suspicion, changes in EKG, and early recogn
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Pediatric EM

Verapamil in SVT: No Need to Drop the Beat

10/10/2022 Gregory Wu, MD , Weston Christensen, MD, MMSc , Cecily Swinburne, MD, MPH
When a pediatric patient presents to the ED with pSVT and vagal maneuvers have failed, choice of AV nodal blocking agent is important. Our case shows that calcium channel blockers offer several advant
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A New Pandemic

10/6/2022 Rachel Kelly, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD
The effects of COVID-19 on the health care system continue to evolve. While patients stayed away during lockdown, they are now flooding emergency departments with more acute illnesses due to lack of p