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Symptoms Of Block - Articles
Right Bundle Branch Block with Subtle ST Elevation: LAD 95% occluded
by
Stephen Smith
Posted
Thu 28 Jan 2010 12:49pm
An 81 yo woman presented at 2 AM to the ED with severe substernal chest pressure. This ECG was recorded
There is sinus rhythm with a PVC, and Right Bundle Branch Block... 0-1 mm of ST depression. Any ST elevation in V2 or V3 is very suspicious for LAD occlusion in a patient with chest pain.
The cath lab was activated, but the interventionalist
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New Left Bundle Branch Block is a poor indicator of coronary occlusion
by
Stephen Smith
Posted
Mon 08 Mar 2010 11:19am
of patients with ischemic symptoms and new LBBB do not have acute coronary occlusion and do not need immediate reperfusion therapy. Some do have "NSTEMI," but the vast majority who... tachycardia with left bundle branch block (LBBB). A previous ECG from one year prior was normal without LBBB. According to the ACC and AHA, new LBBB in the presence of ischemic
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Karate 'blocks' are much more than blocks
by
Sue Wharton
Posted
Fri 27 Aug 2010 12:00am
Blocks are often a very misunderstood technique in karate and often come in for a great deal of criticism from non-karateka. These techniques are often criticised for being to hard, stiff or slow to be effective. Your average non-karateka may say that it is better to evade, parry or re-direct an incoming strike than do a hard block. I would
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A Block is Just a Block, and a Mile is Just a Mile
by
Suzanne B
Posted
Sun 26 Dec 2010 12:37pm
, cousins, sons, daughters this Christmas. A little walking won’t kill you. It only takes about 3 minutes to walk a block, and twenty minutes to walk a mile at a regular pace. Just think about making it to the next street, and then the next street, and before you know it, BAM!, you’ve walked a mile.
So please take a walk today. A block is just that: a block
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