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 ...

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that mines ECG data and alerts the primary PCI team to activate the cath lab can reduce STEMI patients’ arrival times by as much as 10 minutes, according to ...

It’s a known problem, but treatment hasn’t improved in 20 years. Experts say it’s time for protocolized systems of care, they ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An AI-based ECG model more accurately diagnosed a type of heart attack compared with standard of care. The ...

ECG findings ST segment elevations have several different patterns with STEMI and there are also some noncardiac causes of ST segment elevation that ECG readers need to recognize. Importantly, 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 ...

Prof Aditya Kapoor, head of the cardiology department at SGPGIMS, said, "It's a leap forward in reducing preventable cardiac deaths in UP... Heart diseases are the leading cause of death, accounting ...

See related research article by Siha and colleagues on page 1135 and at www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.111683 One could imagine a scenario in which attention to ...

Prophylactic implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy did not reduce mortality in patients with a prior myocardial infarction, persistent moderate left ventricular systolic dysfunction and ...