cardiology – resusme

Spot the WOBBLER in syncope!

Cliff / February 15, 2017

Syncope is a common ED presentation. An ECG is a critical investigation in syncope to identify the cause, including rare […]

Cliff / December 1, 2014

2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Executive Summary J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014;64(21):2246-2280 […]

Cliff / September 29, 2014

The latest AHA/ACC guidelines on NSTEACS have been published ahead of print in Circulation. Full text is available, and the […]

Cliff / November 18, 2013

Two recent trials question the ongoing use of intra-aortic balloon pumps: in patients with acute myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock […]

Cliff / October 30, 2013

Some new guidelines to be aware of are the AHA Guidelines for the Management of Heart Failure. Full text is […]

Cliff / July 10, 2013

A small study followed up an older cohort of patients with isolated left anterior fascicular block on their ECG (isolated […]

Cliff / July 6, 2013

Interesting new drug to know about: Serelaxin, recombinant human relaxin-2. It’s hard to assess the clinical significance of the statistically […]

Cliff / April 5, 2013

This small study supports the hypothesis that therapeutic hypothermia can have positive inotropic effects in patients with cardiogenic shock of […]

Cliff / December 29, 2012

A subset of patients from the 2008 Vasopressin and Septic Shock Trial (VASST) trial had invasive haemodynamic monitoring measurements from […]

Cliff / December 20, 2012

Primary percutaneous coronary intervention or fibrinolysis for STEMI? What if you don’t have PCI at your hospital? The new 2013 […]