In this EMCREG-International newsletter, we would like to provide for you the evidence basis, and a “blueprint,” for implementing point-of care (POC) laboratory testing in your emergency department. In particular, cardiac biomarkers such as myoglobin, CKMB, troponin and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) are integral for clinical decision-making in the emergency setting. Risk stratifi cation for a...

The topic of quality control often evokes prolific discussion among those whose business is its administration. Reliable methods for identifying mistakes must be developed in both the manufacture and use of test devices. Unit test devices are uncomplicated to run and provide quick results in a world where speed and simplicity are paramount, yet their very nature as individual assay units introd...

OBJECTIVES To determine in the modern era if cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) time has a significant effect on postoperative morbidity, mortality and long-term survival in patients undergoing isolated aortic valve replacement (AVR) surgery. METHODS Analysis of a prospectively collected cardiac surgery database was performed. Uni- and multivariate analysis on the need of resternotomy for bleeding,...

Objectives: The main objective of the study is to find comparison CKMB, Lactate levels and ejection fraction with warm cold cardioplegia on first post OP day in elective CABG cases. Material methods: This cross sectional was conducted Armed forces institute cardiology AFIC /NIHD Rawalpindi during 1st October 2022 30th November 2022. Data collected permission ethical committee hospital. variable...

Abstract Novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has led to a major public health crisis globally. Currently, myocardial damage is speculated be associated with COVID-19, which can seen as one of the main causes death patients COVID-19. We therefore, aim investigate effects COVID-19 on injury in hospitalized who have been tested positive for pneumonia this study. A prospective study was conducted ...

According to the report of World Health Organization coronary artery disease every year has been considered as the leading death cause of more than 3.8 million men and 3.4 million women all over the world. Prodromal angina that occurs a short time before acute myocardial infarction onset has efficient protective effect in cardiovascular system with ischemic preconditioning but in conditions suc...

BACKGROUND Cardiac troponin T (cTnT) is a highly sensitive marker for the detection of myocardial damage. However, patients maintained on chronic dialysis often have increased serum cTnT concentrations without evidence of acute myocardial injury. The reason for this is unclear. In chronic haemodialysis patients, elevated plasma concentrations of big endothelin-1 (big ET-1) and endothelin-1 (ET-...

Ventricular fibrillation (VF) is the cardiac rhythm disturbance which is the number one cause of cardiac arrest. Most common etiologic factor is the coronary heart disease [1]. VF may occur due to acute myocardial ischemia, infarction or a scar tissue formed previously because of a prior myocardial infarction (MI). Defibrillation is the first line therapy. Antiarrhythmic drugs should also be ad...

The interest in risk stratification of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), i.e., acute myocardial infarction (MI) and unstable angina pectoris (AP), has increased considerably within recent years because of improved knowledge of pathology, progress in immunoassays of already existing biochemical markers, introduction of new biochemical markers [especially cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and ...