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Patient-Specific Soft Robotic Heart Replicas for Treatment Planning
Researchers at MIT have developed soft robotic heart replicas that closely match the anatomy of real people. The researchers used medical images of patient hearts to construct computer models that are suitable for 3D printing. Once printed with a sof...
Source: Medgadget - March 1, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Cardiac Surgery Cardiology aortic stenosis mit Source Type: blogs

Myocarditis update from Sweden
BY ANISH KOKA The COVID19/vaccine myocarditis debate continues in large part because our public health institutions are grossly mischaracterizing the risks and benefits of vaccines to young people. A snapshot of what the establishment says as it relates to the particular area of concern: college vaccine mandates: Dr. Arthur Reingold, an epidemiology professor at UC-Berkeley, notes that UC also requires immunizations for measles and chickenpox, and people still are dying from COVID at rates that exceed those for influenza. As of Feb. 1, there were more than 400 COVID deaths a day across the U.S. “The arg...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Medical Practice Anish Koka covid19 myocarditis Sweden Source Type: blogs

A COVID-19 vaccine exemption letter
BY ANISH KOKA I recently saw a young man who came to see me because his place of future employment, a large health system was requiring him to complete the 1º series of his COVID-19 vaccination. He was concerned because he had chest pain after his first mRNA vaccine and was uncomfortable with the risks of a second mRNA dose. He attempted to get a Johnson and Johnson vaccine and was told by pharmacists he was not allowed to mix and match this particular vaccine as he had already received an mRNA dose. With no other option, he came to ask me whether I thought a vaccine exemption was reasonable in his case. He already had...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Medical Practice Anish Koka COVID-19 vaccine exemption vaccines Source Type: blogs

Breaking down the broken medical system: a physician ’ s eye-opening experience with patient neglect
I am asking my fellow medical professionals to give a sincere show of hands: How many of you are terrified of your fate should you become the patient? The prospect of navigating the medical system as a patient should strike fear in your heart, especially if you cannot advocate for yourself (although the system will Read more… Breaking down the broken medical system: a physician’s eye-opening experience with patient neglect originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 24, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Physician Cardiology Hospital-Based Medicine Source Type: blogs

Saving lives, one heart at a time: the fight against women ’ s heart disease
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease killed 314,186 women in 2021. This means that approximately one out of every five female deaths was due to heart disease, with the worst mortality burden on African American women. Read more… Saving lives, one heart at a time: the fight against women’s heart disease originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 23, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Conditions Cardiology Source Type: blogs

Naming of components of QRS complex
Initial negative deflection of the QRS complex is named a q or Q wave depending on the amplitude. Usually waves less than 5 mm in amplitude are designated by small letters and those larger than 5 mm with capital letters. But this may not be strictly followed by all who use these terminologies. Initial positive deflection will be called an R wave regardless of whether there is a q or Q preceding it. A negative deflection occurring after and r or R wave will be called as S wave, regardless of whether there is a preceding q or Q wave. When there is only a single negative deflection, it is called as a qs or QS complex dependi...
Source: Cardiophile MD - February 22, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs

Why patients choose who they trust: Understanding the psychology of health care relationships
Most people, should they be in need of a transcatheter aortic “valve-in-valve” replacement procedure for a failed aortic valve replacement, would be delighted to have one of the world’s foremost experts (who has performed over 6,000 of these procedures at one of the world’s foremost heart hospitals) perform the procedure. But not my father, despite Read more… Why patients choose who they trust: Understanding the psychology of health care relationships originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 18, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Physician Cardiology Source Type: blogs

Navigating institutional betrayal in health care PODCAST
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! In this episode, we’re joined by Susan MacLellan-Tobert, a pediatric cardiologist, to discuss the issue of institutional betrayal in health care. The pandemic has put a strain on health care systems and workers, leading to a term called “institutional betrayal” to describe the feeling Read more… Navigating institutional betrayal in health care [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 15, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Podcast Practice Management Source Type: blogs

What is going on in V2 and V3, with a troponin I rising to 1826 ng/L at 4 hours?
I was reading EKGs on the system before a shift, and saw this one:What do you think?I was worried that the ST depression and T-wave inversion in V2 and V3 might be posterior OMI.  I went to the chart and found that the patient was a sepsis patient with hypotension and a K of 3.0.  There was no chest pain.  So I thought it probably is not posterior OMI and I just moved on and kept reading EKGs.Later, I was working in the ED and a patient was moved from a regular room to the critical care area due to recurrent hypotension.  The patient was now under my care.  In reviewing the case, I saw the ECG and ...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - February 12, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs

Doctors and dating: the challenges of balancing a demanding career and personal life
The word “career” has two meanings. A career in medicine fulfills both meanings quite neatly. In the traditional sense, it can be defined as an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person’s life. On the other hand, it can mean moving swiftly and in an uncontrolled way. As in, “Her car careered across Read more… Doctors and dating: the challenges of balancing a demanding career and personal life originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 10, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Physician Cardiology Source Type: blogs

What is the ECG Diagnosis?
I came across this ECG while reading ECGs for Cardiologs in order to train the Cardiologs Deep Convolutional Neural Network.  I don ' t have any clinical information or any other associated ECGs on this case, but wanted to post it here because it is interesting and it ispathognomonic.What is it?This is a proximal LAD Occlusion.  First, there are hyperacute T-waves in V2-V4.  These are preceded by ST depression and are de Winter ' s T-waves, though somewhat atypical.  There is also a hyperacute T-wave in aVL with subtle STE.  There is reciprocal ST depression in II, III, and aVF: it is more vis...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - February 10, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs

LA volume assessment : A critical parameter with a time trouble !
LA dimension and volume have become vital parameters in recent times, especially, with the entity of HFpEF is becoming so common. LA not only acts as a live barometer, reflecting all that happens in LV, but it is also a chronic marker of LV diastolic function. (Funnily referred to as HBA1c of diastolic dysfunction)  What is normal LA dimension & volume ?  Normal left atrial diameter < 4.1 cm in men or < 3.9 cm in women Normal left atrial volume indexed for body surface area (BSA) is 34 ml/m2 for both women and men  Which part of the cardiac cycle do we measure?  Ever since Wiggers intr...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - February 8, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Cardiology Illustrations cardiology physiology Left atrial enlargement Uncategorized LA end diastolic dimension la end diastolic vs end systolic dimension LA end systolic dimension la pressure volume loop LA volume by mri normal LA dimen Source Type: blogs

Healthcare Devices Combined with Intelligent Remote Patient Monitoring from OMRON Healthcare
VitalSight is a new tool for remote patient monitoring (RPM) from OMRON, a company that offers a wide range of health devices for blood pressure, respiratory problems, and more. RPM is the order of the day for health care. Monitoring, together with providing data-based guidelines for patient behavior, is a crucial component of telehealth and a key building block of value-based care, where an improvement in the patient’s condition is more important than the number of clinical visits. Payers have been covering devices like the ones offered by OMRON for decades. VitalSight can be reimbursed under similar codes. Brandon ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 7, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Ambulatory Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Revenue Cycle Management Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Cardiology Remote Patient Monitoring CES CES 2023 CES2023 Healthcare IT Video Interviews OMRON RPM Telehealth Vital Source Type: blogs

Tiny Patch for Cardiac Ultrasound Imaging
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a wearable ultrasound system for cardiac imaging. The postage stamp-sized patch can be worn on the skin of the chest and uses AI and ultrasound waves to perform advanced imaging of th...
Source: Medgadget - February 7, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Cardiology Radiology cardiac ultrasound echocardiography UCSD Source Type: blogs

COVID-19 myocarditis illusions: A new cardiac MRI study raises questions about the diagnosis
BY ANISH KOKA One of the hallmarks of the last two years has been the distance that frequently exists between published research and reality. I’m a cardiologist, and the first disconnect that became glaringly obvious very quickly was the impact COVID was having on the heart. As I walked through COVID rooms in the Spring of 2020 trying to hold my breath, I waited for a COVID cardiac tsunami. After all social media had been full of videos from Wuhan and Iran of people suddenly dropping in the streets. My hyperventilating colleagues made me hyperventilate. Could it be that Sars-COV2 had some predilection for heart...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Medical Practice Anish Koka COVID-19 Misinformation myocarditis Vaccine Source Type: blogs