Wellens’ syndrome: about two cases
December 2017
Wellens’ syndrome is a pattern of electrocardiography T-wave changes associated with critical proximal left anterior descending artery lesions. Patients with Wellens’ syndrome are at high risk of developing extensive myocardial infarction of the anterior wall and death.
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Kounis syndrome: an allergic acute coronary syndrome case report
December 2017
Kounis syndrome (KS), also known as allergic angina syndrome, was described in 1991 by Kounis and Zafras as “the coincidental occurrence of chest pain and allergic reactions”
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) mimicking acute myocardial infarction: a case report and review of literature
December 2017
Electrocardiogram (ECG) is the most commonly used diagnostic tool for recognizing and triaging of patients with symptoms suggestive of acute myocardial infarction (AMI)
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Evaluation of Anticoagulation therapy in Atrial Fibrillation in the emergency department
December 2017
The vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) are currently the most eective therapeutic class for the prevention of cerebrovascular events in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients. However, several studies showed an under-prescription of this therapy.
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Transthoracic echocardiography performed at the patient’s bedside by the emergency physicianversus the cardiologist
December 2017
Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is practised in emergency departments by emergency physicians at the patient’s bedside as a routine special investigation procedure following a detailed physical examination.
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Benefit of paracetamol early analgesia during emergency triage:a 500 patients tunisian study
December 2017
The implementation of analgesia facilitates the management of the patient. Pain relief should be a part of the therapeutic priorities in emergencies departments.
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Editorial of Tunisian Journal of Emergency Medicine. December 2017 - Volume 1 - Issue 2
December 2017
As a scientic journal with a national dimension, the TJEM is sensitive to the experiments carried out by clinicians wishing to enlighten their action and to contribute to the collective development of emergency specialty
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Predictors of acute coronary syndromes in patients with acute chest pain and normal electrocardiogram
December 2017
Lack of changes on an electrocardiogram (ECG) performed in patients presenting with chest pain in the emergency departmentrn(ED) is often thought to reflect less likelihood of acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
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Preliminary results of ReSCUS register for the management of STEMI in Emergency Department of Sahloul
December 2017
Registries are an interesting tool for continually evaluation of clinical practice regarding acute coronary syndrome (ACS) whichrnis considered as a public health problem.
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