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Which patient needs a CT scan?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Angiogram Door to balloon time was 120 minutes (much too long) because of time taken for a CT. Coronary angiogram showed 100% mid LAD occlusion for which she received a DES with excellent angiographic result. This was ruptured plaque with thrombus. 29, 2024 ).

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Electrical instability in a healthy 50 year old. How to manage?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

CT coronary angiogram showed a hypoplastic RCA and dominant LCx. There were no plaques or stenoses. In 2016, I doubled the number of night shifts and suddenly was having 10,000 PVCs per day, very distressingly symptomatic. A workup was undertaken in search of a cause of the patient's ventricular arrhythmia.