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  In the post-STEMI world, we talk about “occlusions.” So rather than argue about how many mm of STE there are, we say there are signs of ischemia suggestive of occlusion. Instead of having the troponin turn positive, shrugging and calling it an “NSTEMI,” we’d rather go look at the EKG for signs of the […]

Conference FOAMed 9/23/15

Here’s round 2 of conference FOAMed. I didn’t get any feedback on round 1 (http://theempulse.org/conference-foamed-72215/) but I figured that people are hungry for a bite of the online knowledge apple. I. SICKLE CELL DISEASE – http://epmonthly.com/article/sickle-cell-10-things-every-ep-should-know-about-scd-/ This little article emphasizes many of the points that Dr. Ramnarine hammered home today. Remember that sickle cell whacks […]

Conference FOAMed 7/22/15

Here’s 5 great links to expand your mind if you want to go deeper on any of the topics we covered in conference today… I. PERICARDITIS Amal Mattu spits about a lesser know sign of pericarditis, the SPODICK SIGN: https://youtu.be/rR5ZYRTjY4A II. MYOCARDITIS/PERICARDITIS If it looks like pericarditis, sounds like pericarditis, but makes troponins, then it’s probably myo(peri-)carditis. […]