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Author: Salim Rezaie

Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA): The Holy Grail of “Low Risk” Chest Pain Evaluation?

Background: CCTA has become a popular modality in the ED setting to assess anatomic atherosclerotic disease in patients presenting with chest pain.  Advocates of CCTA feel that CCTA has a greater accuracy in identifying obstructive coronary artery disease and identification of …

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Cardiovascular

Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA): The Holy Grail of "Low Risk" Chest Pain Evaluation?

Background: CCTA has become a popular modality in the ED setting to assess anatomic atherosclerotic disease in patients presenting with chest pain.  Advocates of CCTA feel that CCTA has a greater accuracy in identifying obstructive coronary artery disease and identification of …

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Cardiovascular

LOMAGHI Trial: Magnesium Sulfate for Rapid Atrial Fibrillation?

Background: Currently, several medications are recommended for the management of atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response in the emergency department including calcium channel blockers, beta blockers and digoxin (the optimal choice is still up for debate). Magnesium sulfate may play a role …

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Cardiovascular

Building the “Perfect” Curriculum

I was asked to give a talk at ACEP 2018 on Building the Perfect Curriculum and given 25 minutes to make this happen.  As you can imagine there is no way the entirety of building a perfect curriculum can be …

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Can’t We All Just Get Along? A Generational Survival Guide

Background: For the 1st time we have 4 generations in the workplace.  The reasons for this include, people are living longer on one end of the scale and there has been a huge acceleration in speed of information leading to quicker development …

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