Cardiac Emergencies Perspective

• Medscape Physicians and Malpractice Report 2023 A Medscape survey reveals the top reasons why physicians are sued for medical malpractice, amounts of successful claims and malpractice premiums, and how the experience affects their lives.
  Medscape News Slideshows, October 26, 2023
• Wide Complex Tachycardia: SVT or VT? Treat all WCTs as ventricular tachycardia and you'll save lives.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, October 17, 2023
• Managing Arrhythmias in Pregnancy: The State of the Art   The highly anticipated international multidisciplinary expert consensus statement from the Heart Rhythm Society provides comprehensive guidance on managing cardiac arrhythmias in both patient and fetus.
  theheart.org on Medscape, September 26, 2023
• Sep 22 2023 This Week in Cardiology   Coronary calcium, cardiac arrest survival, Factor XI drug findings, APCs and a potential new board certification in cardiology are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD in this week’s podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, September 22, 2023
• SCD in Athletes: Lessons From High-Profile Cases   Bob Harrington and Manesh Patel discuss sudden cardiac death in athletes, and how cases such as Bronny James' and Damar Hamlin's highlight the importance of the chain of survival.
  theheart.org on Medscape, September 18, 2023
• Sep 15 2023 This Week in Cardiology   Reader feedback, imaging in the cath lab, AF ablation to relieve anxiety, and some possible help in hypertension are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, September 15, 2023
• Intravascular Imaging in PCI: Time for a Guideline Update?   Interventional cardiologists Robert Byrne and Rasha Al-Lamee discuss data presented at the 2023 ESC congress on intravascular vs angiography-guided percutaneous coronary intervention.
  theheart.org on Medscape, September 13, 2023
• Sep 08 2023 This Week in Cardiology   ESC Recap Part 2: ECLS-SHOCK, FIRE, MULTISTARS-AMI, HEART FID, and DANPACE II are the trials John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, September 08, 2023
• Left-Digit Bias and Other Random Acts of Medicine   A new book reveals how chance can change the course of a person's health, life, and death.
  Medscape, September 07, 2023
• When Does a Bicarb Drip Make Sense? An older woman is admitted to the ICU with acidosis, AKI, and ketonuria. Will IV bicarb help or harm?
  Medscape Critical Care, September 01, 2023
• 'Decapitated' Boy Saved by Surgery Team   Dr F. Perry Wilson spoke with Dr Ohad Einav, the Israeli surgeon who repaired a boy's internal decapitation, the result of being struck by a car when riding his bike in the West Bank.
  Medscape Pediatrics, September 01, 2023
• Aug 18 2023 This Week in Cardiology   ICD generator change, less is more in VT management, co-morbidity in HF, and SGLT2i after AF ablation are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week’s podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, August 18, 2023
• Episode 9: Thorny Clinical Dilemmas: Arrhythmias and Heart Failure   Drs Michelle Kittleson and Mark Link discuss special concerns related to arrhythmias in patients with heart failure.
  Medscape, August 08, 2023
• The Surgeon Who Swapped Scalpel for Paintbrush If medicine is not your true passion, should you quit? The life of a friend from medical school left this cardiologist questioning his choices but grateful to have known him.
  theheart.org on Medscape, July 20, 2023
• Jun 23 2023 This Week in Cardiology   Starting HF meds during hospitalization for HF, Impella, testosterone, and colchicine are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, June 23, 2023
• Jun 09 2023 This Week in Cardiology   Impella, digital health, low-value processes, are tricuspid valve interventions with pacing leads are the topics Dr. John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, June 09, 2023
• Overcoming Death Anxiety: Understanding Our Lives, Legacies "If I died today, would my life have been good enough?"
  MDedge, May 23, 2023
• May 19 2023 This Week in Cardiology   When to use an ICD, risk stratification for HCM, blending EP and structural cardiology to improve care in post-TAVI patients, and hsTroponins are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, May 19, 2023
• How to Stay Healthy at 17,500 mph: A Space Doc's Insight   Physician astronaut Frank Rubio on staying healthy in space and what NASA's research may bring medicine, in an interview with terrestrial cardiologist Melissa Walton-Shirley.
  theheart.org on Medscape, May 17, 2023
• The BOX Trial: Do Higher Blood Pressure Targets After Cardiac Arrest Improve Outcomes? This review explores outcomes of the BOX trial, which found that targeting a mean arterial blood pressure of 77 mm Hg or 63 mm Hg in patients who had been resuscitated from cardiac arrest did not result in significantly different percentages of patients dying or having severe disability or coma.
  ACC.org, May 17, 2023