Research shows that a newly-developed wireless EKG patch is as accurate, if not more accurate, than results from traditional EKG machines. The device is known as the EKG Patch Solution. Worldwide ...

Myopericarditis is a primarily pericardial inflammatory syndrome occurring when clinical diagnostic criteria for pericarditis are satisfied and concurrent mild myocardial involvement is documented ...

Workup showed WBC (20.6), CRP (283), and ESR (85). Echocardiogram revealed a large pericardial effusion with right ventricular collapse, indicating cardiac tamponade. She underwent pericardiocentesis, ...

On admission, an electrocardiogram reported low voltage and a TTE demonstrated a large pericardial effusion, confirming the diagnosis of pericardial tamponade in a patient with tamponade physiology.

GUARD-AF was a randomized prospective trial to assess whether screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) using a 14-day continuous electrocardiographic (ECG) monitor in people ≥70 years seen in primary ...

In the patient with reasonable survival expectancy and good performance status, every attempt should be made to prevent recurrence of the effusion. Intercostal tube drainage with instillation of a ...