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So you’ve done it. In a dazzling display of medical prowess worthy of a medical TV drama you have restored the dead to life! With scrupulous airway management, high quality […]
PCI for OOHCA with NSTEMI post ROSC? An acronym too far? Read More
There has been much debate about the use of high sensitivity troponins in the ED over the last year, but the picture is getting clearer as we see more trials
JC: Cullen on high sensitivity Troponin. St.Emlyn’s Read More
National/International practice guidelines always give me a bit of a dilemma. On the one hand I feel that I really should read them all….., but on the other hand they
New STEMI Guidelines. St.Emlyn’s Read More
Can you remember the time when it took several days to rule out a myocardial infarction? Do you remember running serial CK, LDH and ALT? Did you run this in
Why hyper-troponin-aemia does not always equal acute myocardial infarction Read More
Do patients with ST depression (NSTEM) need to go to the Cath Lab urgently?
Cardiology Case 02: ST depression, no rush? St.Emlyn’s Read More
Critical appraisal of NEJM paper on Clopidogrel vs Prasugrel for the treatment of non STEMI
JC – Prasugrel vs Clopidogrel in ACS Read More
Here we go with what I hope will become a regular feature of the St. Emlyn’s blog – a cardiology case of the month. This is something I’ve been running
The ADAPT chest pain risk stratification tool in the emergency department for the diagnosis of ACS acute coronary syndromes
Low risk chest pain? ADAPT my management? Read More
