2017 Chest Pain Plaque 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JUNE 23, 2024
He did not remember whether he had experienced any chest pain. His ECG at the accepting facility is shown below: Accepting facility ECG The team reviewed his angiography films with an interventionalist and thought they were suspicious for plaque rupture in LAD, but they were not confident. He was admitted to cardiology.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 24, 2019
[link] A 30 year-old woman was brought to the ED with chest pain. She had given birth a week ago, and she had similar chest pain during her labor. She attributed the chest pain to anxiety and stress, saying "I'm just an anxious person." A similar episode had occurred a week earlier during labor.
DAIC
MAY 8, 2024
5 Revascularization to improve blood flow to the heart has been shown to reduce mortality in stable chest pain patients. 5 Revascularization to improve blood flow to the heart has been shown to reduce mortality in stable chest pain patients. Journal of Vascular Surgery, Mar. 2024, [link]. 301–302, [link]. 22, 30 Nov.
Dr. Paddy Barrett
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Whether stenting a narrowed coronary artery improves symptoms such as chest pain (angina) or shortness of breath is a very different question. The cause of angina usually involves inadequate blood flow reaching the heart muscle because of significant narrowing of the artery due to plaque buildup. What About Symptoms?
EMS 12-Lead
JUNE 1, 2022
Smith and Myers found that in otherwise classic Wellens syndrome – that is, prior anginal chest pain that resolves with subsequent dynamic T wave inversions on the ECG – even the T waves of LBBB behave similarly. [2] 2] Although the clinical context in today’s case does not fit these descriptors for Type I OMI (e.g. 2] Meyers, H.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 23, 2022
She was treated medically for NonSTEMI, pending next day cath, which showed ulcerated plaque and a 60% thrombotic stenosis in the LAD distal to the first diagonal. 2. . == == MY Comment by K EN G RAUER, MD ( 10/23/2020 ): == There are a number of important lessons worthy of repeating from today's repost of our case from March 28, 2017.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MARCH 25, 2025
Written by Willy Frick A woman in her 60s with very severe hyperlipidemia (LDL >200 mg/dL) presented with acute onset chest pain. She described the pain as moderate in severity, and said it had come and gone several times over the next few hours before ultimately resolving. Her symptoms began while getting off the bus.
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