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Medical Category: Cardiovascular

COVID-19 Cardiovascular Literature Update

There continues to be a slew of publications coming out on a near daily basis in regard to COVID-19.  Some publications will deserve their own posts and others can really be summarized in one or two paragraphs.  In this post ...

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CardiovascularInfectious Disease

The ISCHEMIA Trial: Initial Invasive or Conservative Strategy for Stable Coronary Disease?

Background: In patients with stable coronary artery disease the goals of treatment are to reduce the risk of death, ischemic events, and to improve quality of life. In order to achieve those objectives all patients with coronary artery disease should be ...

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Cardiovascular

REBEL Review 100: Canadian Syncope Risk Score

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REBEL Reviews

Validation of the Canadian Syncope Risk Score

Background Information: The presentation of a patient with syncope to the Emergency Department (ED) can pose a challenge to clinicians as the identification of a serious underlying condition is the priority. Often the original cause of the syncope is difficult to ...

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Cardiovascular

The DOSE VF Pilot RCT: Double Sequential External Defibrillation for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation

Background Information: Refractory ventricular fibrillation (RVF) is a complication of cardiac arrest defined as ventricular fibrillation (VF) that does not respond to three or more standard defibrillation attempts.1,2 Patients with RVF during their cardiac arrest have a mortality of up ...

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CardiovascularResuscitation
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