When Should Naloxone Be Administered to the Undifferentiated Unresponsive Person?

“…Despite deaths from opioid overdose having increased significantly in recent years, the ARC SAC advise that administering Naloxone, which can reverse the effects of an overdose, should not be prioritized in undifferentiated patients experiencing cardiac arrest over currently accepted resuscitation techniques, as coronary artery disease is nearly ten times more likely than opioid overdose to be the cause.…”
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Left Atrium Papillary Fibroelastomas: A Cause of Cerebral Emboli by A. G. Ciss, P. S. Ba, P. A. Dieng, K. Azarnoush, L. Camilleri, E. Geoffroy, A. Innorta, B. Legault, B. Cosserant, C. de Riberolles, M. N'diaye

“…Papillary fibroelastomas are cardiac benign tumours. Among the benign cardiac tumor, papillary fibroelastomas are reported second after myxomas. …”
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Brugada Syndrome and Pregnancy: Highlights on Antenatal and Prenatal Management by Laura Giambanco, Domenico Incandela, Antonio Maiorana, Walter Alio, Luigi Alio

“…Its prevalence is low all over the world, but it is a lethal disease. Sudden cardiac death is the result of phenotypic manifestation of Brugada syndrome. …”
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Narrative Literature Review of Potential Atrial Fibrillation Mechanism of Action Induced by Discontinuation of Benzodiazepines by Agnė Okulevičiūtė, Gabija Laubner Sakalauskienė

“…While there is a potential link between discontinuing benzodiazepines and atrial fibrillation through mechanisms involving peripheral benzodiazepine receptors and cardiac calcium channels, causality remains uncertain and multifaceted. …”
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Associates of Cardiopulmonary Arrest in the Perihemodialytic Period by Jennifer E. Flythe, Nien-Chen Li, Shu-Fang Lin, Steven M. Brunelli, Jeffrey Hymes, Eduardo Lacson

“…Studies have examined peridialytic sudden cardiac event risk factors, but no study has considered associates of cardiopulmonary arrests (fatal and nonfatal events including cardiac and respiratory causes). …”
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A Rare Case of Pneumopericardium in the Setting of Tuberculous Constrictive Pericarditis by Lauro L. Abrahan IV, Stephanie Martha O. Obillos, Jaime Alfonso M. Aherrera, Jose Donato A. Magno, Celia Catherine C. Uy-Agbayani, Ulysses King G. Gopez, Jobelle Joyce Anne R. Baldonado

“…Due to clinical and echocardiographic signs of cardiac tamponade, emergency pericardiocentesis was performed on his first hospital day. …”
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Upregulated FoxO1 promotes arrhythmogenesis in mice with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction by Thassio Mesquita, Rodrigo Miguel-dos-Santos, Weixin Liu, Mario Fournier, Russell G. Rogers, Jocelyn Alfaro, Asma Nawaz, Lizbeth Sanchez, Xaviar M. Jones, Liang Li, Eduardo Marbán, Eugenio Cingolani

“…Abstract Myocardial fibrosis leads to cardiac dysfunction and arrhythmias in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), but the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. …”
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Outpatient primary care cardiology referrals: Referral patterns, risk stratification and clinical outcomes by Yi Yi Chua, Yilin Jiang, Sinead Zhen Wang, Ian Phoon, Khung Keong Yeo, Terrance Siang Jin Chua, Jonathan Yap

“…Methods Consecutive outpatients referred from primary care to a national cardiac centre between March 2015 to December 2020 were included. …”
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Atypical Features in a Large Turkish Family Affected with Friedreich Ataxia by Semiha Kurt, Betul Cevik, Durdane Aksoy, E. Irmak Sahbaz, Aslı Gundogdu Eken, A. Nazli Basak

“…None of the patients had significant cardiac symptoms. Description of FRDA families with different ethnic backgrounds may assist in identifying possible phenotypic and genetic features of the disease. …”
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Subtle‐but‐smouldering myocardial injury after immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment accompanied by amyloid deposits by Mizuki Ida, Shiro Nakamori, Shinya Yamamoto, Seimi Watanabe, Kyoko Imanaka‐Yoshida, Masaki Ishida, Hajime Sakuma, Keiichi Yamanaka, Kaoru Dohi

“…Abstract Although cardiac troponin is a highly specific biomarker for myocardial cell injury, it is important to recognize the pitfalls of this test in the diagnosis and management of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) myocarditis. …”
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Reversible Myocarditis after Black Widow Spider Envenomation by Tarek Dendane, Khalid Abidi, Naoufel Madani, Asmae Benthami, Fatima-Zohra Gueddari, Redoune Abouqal, Amine-Ali Zeggwagh

“…The plasma concentrations of cardiac enzymes were elevated. His first echocardiography showed hypokinesis of the left ventricle (left ventricle ejection fraction 48%). …”
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Late pregnancy analysis with Yunban’s remote fetal monitoring system by Qiuping Wang, Weihua Yang, Lie Li, Guokai Yan, Huihui Wang, Jianqiang Li

“…During follow-up observation, we compared the two groups using neonatal cardiac monitoring by employing the non-stress test and observed the occurrence of neonatal asphyxia. …”
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Is Mean Platelet Volume Really a Severity Marker for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome without Comorbidities? by Sinem Nedime Sökücü, Cengiz Özdemir, Levent Dalar, Levent Karasulu, Şenay Aydın, Sedat Altın

“…MPV was not correlated with OSAS severity in patients without any overt cardiac disease or diabetes. These findings raise doubts about the suggestion that MPV might be a marker for OSAS severity, as recommended in earlier studies. …”
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Age Differences in Long Term Outcomes of Coronary Patients Treated with Drug Eluting Stents at a Tertiary Medical Center by Nicolas W. Shammas, Gail A. Shammas, Peter Sharis, Michael Jerin

“…The primary endpoint was TLF (composite endpoint of cardiac death, non fatal myocardial infarction due to index vessel and target lesion revascularization (TLR)). …”
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Improving preparedness for time critical prehospital care: a descriptive study of the first responder system in Central Norway by Andreas Lindeman, Lars Eide Næss, Lars Vesterhus, Ann-Britt Maude Bakken, Andreas Krüger, Helge Haugland

“…Conclusion First responders are almost exclusively dispatched to high-severity incidents, with suspected cardiac arrest being the most common dispatch criteria. …”
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Systemic Comorbidity in Children with Cataracts in Nigeria: Advocacy for Rubella Immunization by Roseline Duke, Sidney Oparah, Adedayo Adio, Okon Eyo, Friday Odey

“…Systemic comorbidities, especially cardiac anomalies, are common among children with cataract in Nigeria. …”
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Pancreaticopericardial Fistula: A Case Report and Literature Review by Muhammad S. Khan, Najmi Shahbaz, Hassaan A. Zia, Muhammad Hamza, Henna Iqbal, Ahmed Awab

“…Dyspnea was present in 78%. Cardiac tamponade was present in 53%; 75% of patients had known chronic pancreatitis (RR = 0.74). …”
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Complicated with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report and Literature Review by Huihui Ma, Xin Cao, Jing Zhang, Yongmei Zhou, Rong Luo, Tao He, Jianhong Tao, Xiaoping Li

“…Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) showed that the walls of the left ventricular (LV) were significantly thickened, as about 21 mm, mainly in the middle and lower segments. …”
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Risk Factors Associated with Cardioembolic Stroke in Patients with non Valvular Atrial Fibrillation by Daniel Guerra García, Francisco Valladares Carvajal, Ernesto Julio Bernal Valladares, José Aurelio Díaz Quiñones

“…Morbimortality increases significantly with the risk of stroke and cardiac failure. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to identify the risk factors associated to the onset of cardioembolic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation and cardiac failure. …”
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Cellular aspects of immunity involved in the development of atherosclerosis by Khalil Khalaf, Khalil Khalaf, Khalil Khalaf, Marc Chamieh, Natalia Welc, Chandpreet Singh, Joanne Lynn Kaouk, Aiden Kaouk, Andrzej Mackiewicz, Andrzej Mackiewicz, Mariusz Kaczmarek, Mariusz Kaczmarek, Bartlomiej Perek

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