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The Advantages Of A CT Coronary Angiogram

Dr. Paddy Barrett

A CTCA provides much more anatomical detail and can identify advanced plaque often missed by CT Coronary Artery Calcium Score scans alone. CT Coronary Artery Calcium Score Scan CT Coronary Artery Calcium Score CT Coronary Angiogram As you can see from the above images, the CTCA provides far more anatomical detail.

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In Your 40s to 60s And Worried About Heart Disease? Here Is What You Can Do.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

We look directly at the coronary arteries using a cardiac CT scan. Subscribe now Cardiac CT There are two types of cardiac CT: CT Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) Scan CT Coronary Angiogram (CTCA). The CAC scan looks for deposits of calcium in the areas of the coronary arteries as a proxy marker for plaque.

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The Bleeding Heart

EMS 12-Lead

His father and brother both died of myocardial infarction at ages 61 and 45, respectively. There is appreciable STE aVR with near-global STD that appropriately maximizes in Leads II and V5, and thus suggesting a circumstance of generic, diffusely populated, circumferential subendocardial ischemia versus occlusive coronary thrombus. [1]

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90 year old with acute chest and epigastric pain, and diffuse ST depression with reciprocal STE in aVR: activate the cath lab?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

New insights into the use of the 12-lead electrocardiogram for diagnosing acute myocardial infarction in the emergency department. Can J of Cardiol 2018, 34: 132-145 Here are some other cases: LVH, LBBB, RBBB, and RVH may manifest ST depression without any ischemia! Incidence of an Acute Coronary Occlusion.

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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

EMS 12-Lead

Cardiology felt her chest pain to be, most likely, the result of coronary supply-demand mismatch in the context of HCM endothelial remodeling (i.e. Type II MI), however decided to pursue coronary angiogram out of an abundance of caution. A mid-LAD culprit lesion was identified and stented. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol.