Arrhythmia & EP Perspective

• Vestibular Migraine: A Primer Dr Shin C. Beh reviews the criteria and differential diagnoses for this condition.
  American Headache Society and Medscape, November 08, 2019
• ECG Challenge: Teen With His First Seizure A 17-year-old boy has a seizure at home and later feels lightheaded. What does telemetry show?
  Medscape Cardiology, November 06, 2019
• Meat, Fish, and Vegetables: New Data on Heart Disease and Stroke   Dr Christoph Diener on interesting new results in stroke, epilepsy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and more.
  Medscape Neurology, November 01, 2019
• From Cow Manure to Sucking Venom: Snakebite Treatment Myths   Drs Robert Glatter and Benjamin Abo discuss how to properly treat snakebites, and whether the development of a universal antivenom is possible.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, October 30, 2019
• Clinical Trial (Mis)Interpretation: 4 Pet Peeves Spurious subgroup claims and 'negative' trials are among the things that irk. Biostatistician Andrew Althouse and clinical trialist Bobby Yeh discuss common mistakes in interpreting clinical trial data.
  theheart.org on Medscape, October 16, 2019
• Top News From TCT 2019: Slideshow Research predicted to alter the landscape of aspirin therapy after PCI, plus support for pacemaker-based therapy for hypertension featured prominently at TCT 2019.
  Medscape News Slideshows, October 11, 2019
• Key Takeaways Comparing Lipid Guidelines Across the Pond: The Hot Off the Press 2019 ESC vs. 2018 ACC/AHA Guidelines Published nine months after the 2018 ACC/AHA Guideline, the 2019 ESC and the ACC/AHA Guideline both seek to maximize the use of statin therapy and match intensity of treatment to risk level.
  ACC.org, October 09, 2019
• ECG Challenge: An Unexpectedly Rapid Heart Rate in the ED A 56-year-old woman comes to the emergency department with a fracture from a bicycling accident, but what's causing her rapid heart rate?
  Medscape Cardiology, October 07, 2019
• Malpractice Case: Risks When You and Your PA Treat Differently Varying approaches to patient care can cause conflict--and possible litigation.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, October 07, 2019
• PROVE-HF Cracks the 'Holy Grail' of Cardiac Remodeling in HFrEF   Ileana Piña, MD speaks with lead author Jim Januzzi, MD, about the path to PROVE-HF and how sacubitril/valsartan benefits real-world patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.
  theheart.org on Medscape, October 07, 2019
• Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Two Concerning Trends A trend toward more AF ablation and more aggressive procedures in the US concerns this electrophysiologist.
  theheart.org on Medscape, October 01, 2019
• ESC 2019Terrorism and Mass Casualty: All Specialties Should Prepare When did you last tie a tourniquet? Melissa Walton-Shirley learns that in the event of a mass casualty attack, anyone may be called upon to be a first responder.
  theheart.org on Medscape, September 26, 2019
• Top News From ESC 2019: Slideshow Headlines from the world's largest cardiology meeting include a new approach to heart failure and reduced ejection fraction and counterintuitive findings on antiplatelet therapy for acute coronary syndrome.
  Medscape News Slideshows, September 23, 2019
• The Week That Wasn't: Reverse Aging, Lyme Test, Apple Health Studies Three medical stories that we didn't cover, explained.
  Medscape, September 13, 2019
• ECG Challenge: Recurring Chest Pain in the Hospital A woman's chest pain recurs, accompanied by sweating and shortness of breath. What does her ECG reveal?
  Medscape Cardiology, September 11, 2019
• ESC 2019Cardiologists Should Prescribe SGLT2 Inhibitors Is it fair to expect cardiologists to now prescribe the new diabetes drugs? Presentations at the European Society of Cardiology Congress prove persuasive to Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD.
  theheart.org on Medscape, September 05, 2019
• ESC 2019Mandrola Previews ESC 2019 Read what John Mandrola, MD, is looking forward to in Paris. Despite some advance spoilers, there will be plenty to pique the interest of the average cardiologist.
  theheart.org on Medscape, August 27, 2019
• Facing Death, a Physician Has a Change of Heart   Dr Alin Gragossian describes her own heart transplant experience with Dr Robert Glatter and provides advice for healthcare workers.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, August 13, 2019
• ECG Challenge: What's Behind Her Slow Pulse? Her hypertension is controlled, but this 80-year-old woman has a slow pulse. Can you decipher the diagnosis.
  Medscape Cardiology, August 08, 2019
• In Defense of Digoxin -- No, It's Not a Killer Drug The much-maligned cardiac glycoside has been skewered by weak observational data, according to a clever analysis of the DIG trial.
  theheart.org on Medscape, July 26, 2019