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TCFA : The stylish caps of Atherosclerotic plaques are getting disproportionate attention.

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

Doctor, do you have any investigation to know how much the total plaque burden is in my coronary artery? I recently read in Forbes Sunday health supplement, It says ,it is better to know the thickness of the cap covering the plaque. to decode the histological, biochemical, pathological secrets within the atherosclerotic plaques.

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An undergraduate who is an EKG tech sees something. The computer calls it completely normal. How about the physicians?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A 63 year old man with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, prediabetes, and a family history of CAD developed chest pain, shortness of breath, and diaphoresis after consuming a large meal at noon. He called EMS, who arrived on scene about two hours after the onset of pain to find him hypertensive at 220 systolic. Murakami MM.

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What To Do If You Have An Early Family History Of Heart Disease

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Therefore, if someone presents with an event earlier than this age, they likely have been building up plaque for a considerable period prior to this. A CT CAC score of 0 means a person has no calcified coronary artery plaque and also means their risk of a heart attack over the next ten years is probably less than 2%. Genes (Basel).