Electronic Cigarettes: Ally or an Enemy in Combating Tobacco-Use-Associated Diseases - An Integrative Review by Hunny Sharma, Manisha Ruikar

“…ECs result in an acute increase in cardiac Sympathetic Nerve Activity (SNA), pronounced as Electrocardiogram (ECG) changes resulting in a greater risk of sudden death for those with co-morbidities. …”
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Model of Driver’s Eye Movement and ECG Index under Tunnel Environment Based on Spatiotemporal Data by Weiwei Qi, Bin Shen, Linhong Wang

“…The experimental schemes have been scientifically designed based on methods of traffic engineering and human factor engineering, which aims to test the driver’s spatiotemporal data of eye movement and ECG (electrocardiogram) index in the tunnel environment. Firstly, the changes in the driver’s spatiotemporal data are analyzed to judge the changing trend of the driver’s workload in the tunnel environment. …”
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Three Vessel Coronary Cameral Fistulae Associated with New Onset Atrial Fibrillation and Angina Pectoris by Murat Yuksel, Abdulkadir Yildiz, Mustafa Oylumlu, Nihat Polat, Halit Acet, Necdet Ozaydogdu

“…Standard 12-lead electrocardiogram revealed atrial fibrillation (AF) with a ventricular rate of 114 beat/minute and accompanying T wave abnormalities and minimal ST-depression on lateral derivations. …”
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Cardiogenic Shock in a Hemodialyzed Patient on Flecainide: Treatment with Intravenous Fat Emulsion, Extracorporeal Cardiac Life Support, and CytoSorb® Hemoadsorption by Nicolas De Schryver, Philippe Hantson, Vincent Haufroid, Mélanie Dechamps

“…She was admitted to the Emergency Department for malaise and dizziness, and the electrocardiogram revealed ventricular tachycardia treated by amiodarone. …”
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Pretest Score for Predicting Microbubble Contrast Agent Use in Stress Echocardiography: A Method to Increase Efficiency in the Echo Laboratory by Mathieu Bernier, Sahar S. Abdelmoneim, Stuart Moir, Robert B. McCully, Patricia A. Pellikka, Sharon L. Mulvagh

“…Variables associated with microbubble use were age, sex, smoking, presence of multiple risk factors, bodymass index (BMI), referral for dobutamine stress echocardiography, history of coronary artery disease, and abnormal baseline electrocardiogram. All variables except BMI were given a score of 1 if present and 0 if absent; BMI was given a score of 0 to 4 according to its value. …”
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Anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery in a 62‑year‑old woman: a case report and review of the literature by Mohammad Safariyan, Najmeh Mohammadrafie, Soheila Pourmasumi, Vahid Mohammadi, Xiao Xu, Alaa Hamza Hermis, Mohammed Musaed Al-Jabri, Farkhondeh Jafarian, Mohammad Ali Zakeri

“…The patient has a history of hypertension and complains of chest pain that worsens with walking and improves with rest. A basic electrocardiogram (ECG) showed sinus rhythm with no signs of arrhythmia or ischemic changes. …”
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AFD and chaotic map‐based integrated approach for ECG compression, steganography and encryption in E‐healthcare paradigm by Neetika Soni, Indu Saini, Butta Singh

“…The proposed approach applies the recently developed adaptive Fourier decomposition (AFD) technique to decompose the electrocardiogram signal in terms of adaptively selected basis functions from the orthogonal rational function that performs a high fidelity compression. …”
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A Successfully Treated Case of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Causing Severe Anemia and Localized Peritonitis Showing Angina Pectoris Resulting in Watershed Cerebral Infarction by Yoshihide Sehara, Yuka Hayashi, Kenichi Ohya, Naoki Kaneko, Mikio Sawada

“…On admission, he showed consciousness disturbance, fever, and left hemiplegia. The electrocardiogram on admission showed ST-segment depression in V2 to V6 which was normalized 4 hours later. …”
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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 clinical course was associated with systemic and cardiovascular complaints. His electrocardiogram revealed ST-segment elevation with T-wave amplitude. …”
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Towards Transparent AI in Medicine: ECG-Based Arrhythmia Detection with Explainable Deep Learning by Oleksii Kovalchuk, Oleksandr Barmak, Pavlo Radiuk, Liliana Klymenko, Iurii Krak

“…To address this issue, we introduce a novel approach for arrhythmia detection based on electrocardiogram (ECG) that incorporates explainable artificial intelligence through three key methods. …”
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Ventricular Depolarization Abnormalities and Their Role in Cardiac Risk Stratification — A Narrative Review by Maarten Blondeel, Tomas Robyns, Rik Willems, Bert Vandenberk

“…Ventricular depolarization refers to the electrical activation and subsequent contraction of the ventricles, visible as the QRS complex on a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG). A well-organized and efficient depolarization is critical for cardiac function. …”
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Kounis Syndrome Secondary to Medicine-Induced Hypersensitivity by Parackrama Karunathilake, Udaya Ralapanawa, Thilak Jayalath, Shamali Abeyagunawardena

“…In immediate hypersensitivity, with persistent cardiovascular instability, Kounis syndrome should be considered, and an electrocardiogram and other appropriate assessments and treatments should be initiated. …”
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Pain detection using biometric information acquired by a wristwatch wearable device: a pilot study of spontaneous menstrual pain in healthy females by Hideyuki Hirayama, Shiori Yoshida, Konosuke Sasaki, Emi Yuda, Yutaka Yoshida, Mitsunori Miyashita

“…They wore two wristwatch devices (Silmee and Fitbit) and a Holter ECG (electrocardiogram) during menstruation to record the pain intensity and timing. …”
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Diagnostic Challenge in a Patient with Severe Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis by Eugene M. Tan, Ejaaz Kalimullah, M. Rizwan Sohail, Kannan Ramar

“…Laboratory analysis revealed serum pH 6.84, bicarbonate 5.8 mmol/L, pCO2 29 mmHg, anion gap 22.2 mmol/L, osmolal gap 17.4 mOsm/kg, elevated beta-hydroxybutyrate (4.2 mmol/L), random blood sugar 213 mg/dL, creatinine 2.1 mg/dL, and potassium 7.5 mmol/L with no electrocardiogram (EKG) changes. Fomepizole and hemodialysis were initiated for presumed ethylene glycol or methanol ingestion. …”
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Is hypercalcaemia immediately life-threatening? A prospective study by David Trewick, Mathilde Le Borgne, Julie Regnault, Camille Guimard

“…The secondary outcomes were correlation between calcium concentrations and ECG (electrocardiogram) QTc intervals, Glasgow Coma Scale scores and mortality during the following 12-month follow-up period. …”
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Safety of Occlutech Septal Occluder ACCELL Flex II for Transcatheter Closure of Secundum Atrial Septal Defects in Children: A Long-Term Follow-Up by Amal M. El-Sisi, Sonia A. El-Saiedi, Rasha Ammar, Asmaa Abdelhameed, Ziyad M. Hijazi, Mohammed M. Soliman

“…Detailed history and full clinical examination, twelve-lead electrocardiogram (ECG), plain chest radiograph, and full 2D transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) were performed at discharge, at one month, six months, and yearly thereafter. …”
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Cardiogenic Shock due to Kounis Syndrome following Cobra Bite by W. D. D. Priyankara, E. M. Manoj, A. Gunapala, A. G. R. M. A. Ranaweera, K. S. Vithanage, M. Sivasubramanium, E. Snajeeva

“…A 68-year-old man admitted with a cobra bite on both hands to emergency care unit and sustained cardiorespiratory arrest. Electrocardiogram, taken 6 hours after the cardiac arrest, showed ST elevations in leads V2 to V5 suggestive of anterior ST elevation myocardial Infarction (STEMI). …”
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A novel wearable device integrating ECG and PCG for cardiac health monitoring by Junbin Zang, Qi An, Bo Li, Zhidong Zhang, Libo Gao, Chenyang Xue

“…This study introduces a wearable system that integrates electrocardiogram (ECG) and phonocardiogram (PCG) detection. …”
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The Challenges of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in COVID-19 Patients by Ju Young Bae, Khalil Ian Hussein, Christopher John Howes, John Francis Setaro

“…Data was collected via manual chart review and included patient demographics, comorbidities, laboratory tests, electrocardiogram (ECG) results, echocardiography results, diagnoses during hospitalization, inpatient therapies, and outcomes including length of hospital stay, revascularization results, and mortality. …”
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Delayed Development of Coronary Ostial Stenosis following Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: A Case Report of Unusual Presentation by Doosup Shin, Kevin Huang, Igor Sunjic, Michael Berlowitz, Xavier Prida

“…In June 2017, the patient presented to the hospital with chest pain. An electrocardiogram demonstrated 1 mm ST segment depression in the anterolateral leads, and serum troponin I level was elevated to 2.3 ng/ml. …”
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