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How To Reverse Coronary Artery Disease With Lifestyle Measures

Dr. Paddy Barrett

But can coronary artery disease be reversed with lifestyle measures, including changes to nutrition and exercise? Subscribe now To understand plaque regression, you must understand some key concepts about coronary artery plaque to appreciate the relevance of the studies we will discuss here.

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

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Did minimal exercise. 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. 2021 Sep 15;339:219-224. Int J Cardiol.

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See OMI vs. STEMI philosophy in action

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

He visited an outpatient clinic for it and an echocardiogram and exercise stress test was normal. Here is the coronary angiogram: A distal thrombotic right coronary artery (RCA) occlusion ! 2021 Sep;49(6):488-500. He has 40 packs-year of smoking history. He denies taking any medication. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars.

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

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Previously healthy, taking no medication and exercising regularly. No anginal symptoms asymptomatic during physical exercise. CT coronary angiogram showed a hypoplastic RCA and dominant LCx. Below in Figure-1 is this patient's admission ECG. How will you manage this patient? No PVCs are seen. or is wider than 130 msec.,