ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is considered a medical emergency globally, where the patient must seek medical help immediately. The treatment plan for this condition involves reperfusion therapy with or without stent placement, controlling the comorbidities and using specific medications to reduce the risk of recurrence and future complications. One of the major drug categories is … Read more
I know that COVID-19 has dominated the headlines for quite some time, and I’m sorry in advance, but yeah, this is another COVID-19 article. I’m not an infectious disease expert, and I’m not here to talk about the possible health benefits of black seed oil, vitamin C, or Alex Jones’s anti-covid toothpaste. The anti-vaxxer movement … Read more
In the wake of the ISCHEMIA trial results being published, and the media firestorm that ensued, I’ve run into some interesting scenarios, including STEMI patients saying they don’t want to be revascularized because they heard on the news that stents are useless (oh boy!). However, after a robust discussion with an intern, I decided to … Read more
I’m spending the last month of internal medicine residency on a neurology rotation. I suppose that’s fair; my wife, a neurology resident, had to do a whole year of medicine. To me, the most interesting part of neurology is the parallel between stroke and acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Conceptually these are two manifestations of a … Read more