Cardiac Emergencies Journal Articles

• When the Heart Stops: Life-Giving Updates on Cardiac Arrest When a hospitalized patient experiences sudden cardiac arrest, timely intervention is imperative.
  American Nurse Today, April 2018
• Sudden Death in Schizophrenia Sudden unexpected death is not uncommon in schizophrenia. What are the most frequently implicated causes, and what do we know about their potential mechanisms?
  Current Opinion in Psychiatry, April 2018
• Vasoplegia Treatments: The Past, the Present, and the Future Learn more about the current treatments and new therapies on the horizon for vasoplegia.
  Critical Care, April 2018
• Treatment of Status Epilepticus What are the latest therapeutic options for status epilepticus?
  Pediatric Pharmacotherapy, April 2018
• The Year in Cardiology 2017: Imaging This review article provides an overview of the most significant advances in non-invasive cardiovascular imaging which occurred in 2017.
  European Heart Journal, March 2018
• Alternative Treatment Options for AVNRT Learn about several treatment options to appropriately manage AVNRT in the ED.
  The Journal of Emergency Medicine, March 2018
• Ten Commandments' of the 2017 ESC STEMI Guidelines The authors present a concise list of the top 10 recommendations distilled from the 2017 ESC STEMI Guidelines.
  European Heart Journal, March 2018
• VF and Changes in J-Point Elevation in Silent Thyroiditis The findings in this case highlight the relationship between thyroid function and J-wave amplitude. What are the implications for patients with thyroid disorders?
  Journal of the Endocrine Society, March 2018
• Cardiac Arrest in the OR: Special Perioperative Situations Review management of several perioperative emergencies that are likely to be immediately life threatening, including anaphylaxis, tension pneumothorax, malignant hyperthermia, and more.
  Anesthesia & Analgesia, March 2018
• HCV Infection in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease Adults with congenital heart disease who underwent corrective surgery prior to 1992 and required transfusions are at risk of HCV infection. Are DAAs appropriate for these patients?
  Southern Medical Journal, March 2018
• Practical Approach to Non-invasive Ventilation in Acute HF This primer reviews acute respiratory failure in acute heart failure syndromes and the use of non-invasive ventilation in these patients. When is it appropriate, and which modality is best?
  European Heart Journal, March 2018
• Cholesterol Variability and Mortality, MI, and Stroke Risk Is high visit-to-visit variability in lipid levels an independent predictor of adverse cardiometabolic events?
  European Heart Journal, March 2018
• Living With CIEDs: Patients' Knowledge and Attitudes How do patients feel about living with cardiac implantable devices? This extensive, international survey examined knowledge of and attitudes towards CIEDs.
  Europace, March 2018
• Discrimination of Patients With Type 2 Myocardial Infarction The authors present a clinical decision tool to differentiate between type 1 and type 2 myocardial infarction, which can be difficult to correctly diagnose in the emergency department.
  European Heart Journal, March 2018
• Cardiac Arrest in the OR: Resuscitation and Management This article reviews common causes and management of cardiac arrest and periprocedural crises that occur in the operating room, from the perspective of the anesthesiologist.
  Anesthesia & Analgesia, March 2018
• Risk for Readmissions After Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Which patients who underwent anterior lumbar interbody fusion were more likely to be readmitted -- and why?
  Spine, March 2018
• Improving Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessments Are current preoperative cardiac risk stratification categories too broad? This study defined the cardiac risks of individual operations, demonstrating how grouping operations leads to imprecision.
  Anesthesiology, March 2018
• Honoring 50 Years of Heart Transplantation in Circulation This review explores the key milestones of the past 50 years of heart transplantation. What challenges remain, and what are some of the promising innovations on the horizon?
  Circulation, February 2018
• TSH and Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death and Total Mortality A new study examines the possible relationship between TSH levels, sudden cardiac death, total mortality, and CVD outcomes.
  Clinical Endocrinology, February 2018
• Newly Emerging Drugs of Abuse and Their Detection Methods The emergence of new illicit drugs poses a challenge for the toxicology lab. Review current methods for detection and identification of these recreational drugs in this article.
  American Journal of Clinical Pathology, February 2018