Compared with the standard of care, an AI-based ECG model greatly reduced false positives for ST-elevation myocardial ...

Disclosure: Ali A. Sovari, MD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships in addition to his employment. Disclosure: Marilyn A. Prasun, RN, PhD, has disclosed no relevant financial ...

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 ...

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, ...

This news is covered by the Medical Dialogues Bureau present at the TCT Conference 2025, being held in San Francisco, USA.An ...

A 59-year-old man presented to the emergency department with unstable angina pectoris for the past few hours and a hypertensive crisis (180/100 mm Hg). The heart rate was 79 beats/min in sinus rhythm.

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, ...

PARIS, France—Among patients with acute MI and occlusive disease on invasive angiography, those presenting without ST-segment elevation on the initial ECG fare worse than those with STEMI, researchers ...

Background: Baseline Q waves may provide additional value compared with time from the onset of symptoms in predicting outcomes for patients with ST-segment elevation. We evaluated whether baseline Q ...

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 ...

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 ...