by Talal Alkhaldi | Oct 29, 2026 | Cardiology, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation, Surgery, Trauma
It is three in the morning. A 58-year-old man with hypertension walks in with sudden, severe chest pain. He looks uncomfortable but stable. His ECG is normal. His troponin is pending. And somewhere in the back of your mind, a quiet voice says: could this be a...
by Anchaleena Mandal | Aug 20, 2026 | Cardiology, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation
Cardiovascular disease remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, accounting for approximately 32% of deaths globally.¹ Acute myocardial infarction (MI) accounts for more than 50,000 deaths annually in Canada.² As emergency physicians, we all recognize the...
by Emily Cino | Jul 30, 2026 | Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation
Acute valvular emergencies are uncommon, but when they present they can rapidly become life-threatening. Patients often arrive with undifferentiated respiratory failure, pulmonary edema, hypotension, or cardiogenic shock, and the initial diagnosis may not be obvious....
by James Gilbertson, Rory Connolly | Oct 2, 2025 | Cardiology, Featured, Main page, Most Viewed, Radiology, Ultrasound
The Tooth Fairy. The Easter Bunny. Two cardiologists trying to agree on a JVP measurement. These are myths we share with children — and, perhaps, with medical students. When it comes to estimating right atrial pressure, maybe it’s time we add JVP to that list. A study...
by Megan Brenkel | Jul 24, 2025 | cardiac arrest, Cardiology, Critical Care, Grand Round Summaries
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is sudden, silent, and devastating, claiming 9 out of 10 lives before they ever reach a hospital. In Canada, approximately 60,000 OHCAs occur annually — that’s one every nine minutes — and fewer than 1 in 10 people survive1....
