With the recent approval of Pulse Select from Medtronic and expected approval of the Farapulse system from Boston Scientific in Q1, there is a need to critically appraise the existing PFA data.

As the 3rd leading enrolling site for Pulsed AF and the current leading enroller in

ECG

Hey #echofirst peeps, and especially V.L.Sorrell, MD (@CASEfromASE EIC) - am I seeing PFO, secundum ASD, and inferior sinus venosus defect all in the same image??
Help out a simple electrician, I just wanted to see the LAA, now I have to think about something other than voltage 😭

Tools invented for good but used for evil (an exhaustive list):

1- TNT

2- amphetamines

3- cardiac telemetry

This is when the med-student-level social history pays off 👏 👏 👏 🏆

Favorite part of weekend call is finding cool #ECG tracings.

Hey Count von Count , can you help us out here?

😱😱 Whats is this? #help

Nails of a patient with gastric cancer. What’s going on here?

Variable levels of AV block

🧵of 🧵: we've already covered most commonly used sutures.

Today, we cover barbed sutures. The use of barbs wasn't even invented by humans - they are present in many plant and animal species.

But now, barbed sutures are becoming more and more common, as we'll see:
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FROM THE ARTICLE ITSELF:
It would be a misrepresentation of the finding to say it is evidence against vaccination. This finding actually underscores the importance of staying up-to-date on boosters.

But purebloods don’t like to waste time reading what they cite to “own the libs”

Wondering how the RV gets filled in diastole? Out of 0.5 sec, Howmany milliseconds will it get to fill ?!!!

Dear Everyone who works in a hospital:

If you’re going to debate with EP about a patient’s rhythm, please come up with a better argument than “but the machine says…”

Or, just listen and learn. That works too.

A patient level Meta-Analysis of #RCT shows #CRT improves outcomes in patients with IVCD but not #RBBB

CRT is associated with reduced #HeartFailure 🏥 or ☠️ in patients with QRS ≥150 ms and LBBB or IVCD, but not for those with RBBB

ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.116…
Circulation

Everyone in medicine knows “VIP” doesn’t equal better outcomes.

#EPeeps