Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

MINOCA may be due to: coronary spasm, coronary microvascular dysfunction, plaque disruption, spontaneous coronary thrombosis/emboli , and coronary dissection; myocardial disorders, including myocarditis, takotsubo cardiomyopathy, and other cardiomyopathies. Thus, intracoronary imaging modalities are crucial in this setting. From Gue at al.

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DAIC

MAY 8, 2024

2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/Chest/Saem/SCCT/SCMR guideline for the evaluation and diagnosis of chest pain: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines.” 2021, [link]. JAMA Internal Medicine, vol. 1071, [link]. 4 Bradbury, Andrew W, et al. “A The Lancet, vol.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

When we say heart disease, what we really mean is plaque in the artery wall. If you already have evidence of substantial plaque on a cardiac CT or have had a heart attack already, your future risk is significantly increased. 2021 Mar 23;77(11):1439-1450. You just need to know how. This Is Known As Atherosclerosis.

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DAIC

MARCH 1, 2024

ISR is the obstruction or narrowing of a stented vessel by plaque or scar tissue. Following Breakthrough Device Designation granted for the technology by the FDA in 2021, the approval was supported by positive results from the multicenter, prospective, randomized controlled AGENT IDE trial , which enrolled 600 patients at 40 U.S.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

JANUARY 23, 2024

However, most adults will start to develop advanced plaque in their coronary arteries early in life. By age 66, more than half of all females will have evidence of advanced plaque in their coronary arteries, as seen on a CT calcium score. Coronary atherosclerosis, as evidenced by an abnormal CAC score, is a measure of advanced plaque.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MARCH 7, 2024

Background Although the impact of hypertension on carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and plaques has been well established, its association with femoral IMT and plaques has not been extensively examined. Ultrasonography was applied to assess the AS, including thickened IMT (TIMT) and plaque in the carotid and femoral arteries.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The commonest causes of MINOCA include: atherosclerotic causes such as plaque rupture or erosion with spontaneous thrombolysis, and non-atherosclerotic causes such as coronary vasospasm (sometimes called variant angina or Prinzmetal's angina), coronary embolism or thrombosis, possibly microvascular dysfunction. It is not rare.

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International Journal of Cardiovascular Sciences

JULY 18, 2023

The Award will refer to articles published in 2021 and 2022. The Award will be given to the Brazilian authors of the best Original Article published in the ABC Cardiol and IJCS journals for the years 2021 and 2022, and to Brazilian authors of the best Original Article published in the ABC Imagem and ABC HF journals in 2022.

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Physiologically Speaking

APRIL 10, 2024

people from the general population), coronary artery calcium scores (CACS) are higher, indicating more calcification and the presence of atherosclerotic plaques. Calcified plaques are known to be more stable and less prone to rupture and lead to a heart attack. When comparing athletes to control groups (i.e., hours per week).

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CardiacWire

MAY 18, 2024

Overall healthcare AI clearances are gaining momentum, with 2023 bringing a 42% jump in clearances, more than doubling 2022 and 2021’s annual growth (+20% & +16%). FFRCT, coronary plaque, etc). Cardiovascular AI actually makes up a larger 17.4% in 2020-2022, and 13.5% since the start of 2023.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

This study aimed to determine the current prevalence of CAS and examine the associated gender differences in adults.Methods:From September 2021 to June 2022, we established a prospective cohort to study CAS and cardiovascular disease across 25 project sites in Henan, China, utilizing a multistage whole-population sampling method.

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

MARCH 7, 2024

Detailed analysis of the excised carotid plaques were carried out with pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, stable isotope analysis, and electron microscopy. Primary endpoint of the study was a composite of myocardial infarction, stroke, or death from any cause in those who had micro and nanoplastics in the carotid plaque.

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International Journal of Cardiovascular Sciences

JULY 11, 2024

There will be an award for the most cited national manuscript in the last two years, namely: the most cited article published in 2021 and 2022 in 2023, for the journals ABC Cardiol and IJCS; and the most accessed in 2023 for the journals ABC Imagem and ABC HF. Awards granted: a) Plaque for each awarded article.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

JUNE 21, 2024

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%. N Engl J Med.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In 2021, there were 7.44 In 2021, there were 7.44 87% of strokes are ischemic strokes, which occur when blood vessels to the brain become narrowed or clogged with plaque, cutting off blood flow to the brain. Ischemic stroke is the leading cause of death in China, according to Li. In the U.S.,

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

APRIL 5, 2024

2021 Oct 19;10(20):e021356. 5 High intensity interval training induces beneficial effects on coronary atheromatous plaques – a randomized trial, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology , 2022;, zwac309, 6 FOURIER Steering Committee and Investigators. 2021 May 1;397(10285):1625-1636. J Am Heart Assoc. N Engl J Med.

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DAIC

JANUARY 3, 2024

We've experienced a year of notable accomplishments and growth including the expansion of our product portfolio with Plaque Analysis and RoadMap Analysis. 2021 ACC/AHA Chest Pain Guidelines. HeartFlow is committed to serving customers quickly and reliably with a median turnaround time less than 1.5 Arbab-Zadeh, Heart Int 2012.

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

MARCH 20, 2024

But, still they also did not increase MACCE, major bleeding or death when a large database of the British Cardiovascular Interventional Society was analyzed and published in 2021, which had nearly 1500 cases of laser angioplasty and about 150 cases of RASER angioplasty.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Limited awareness and understanding of CW make diagnosis and clinical research challenging.Methods:We searched the radiology database from 6 hospitals within a health system between January 2021 and June 2024 for reports that included web in the diagnostic impression. The remaining cases were classified as no CW.

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DAIC

MAY 16, 2024

PAD is a serious, progressive cardiovascular disease primarily caused by a buildup of fatty plaque in the blood vessels, or atherosclerosis. This plaque narrows the blood vessels and reduces blood flow to the legs and feet, which may significantly impair physical function, walking performance and quality of life.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

To prove there is no plaque rupture, you need to do intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). An angiogram is a "lumenogram;" most plaque is EXTRALUMINAL!! One of the most common is rupture of a non-obstructive plaque, with thrombus formation and OMI that spontaneously lyses and leaves a wide open artery. It can only be seen by IVUS.

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DAIC

JANUARY 23, 2024

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), caused by plaque buildup in arterial walls, is one of the leading causes of disability and death worldwide.1,2 7 Research has shown inflammation plays a significant role in the development of atherosclerosis and ASCVD,8-10 and even the formation of plaque.11 4 In the U.S. 2020.11.010 3.

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EMS 12-Lead

JUNE 1, 2022

plaque disruption), the T waves still manifest markings of a previous state of suboptimal coronary flow that resolved: Type II supply-demand mismatch in the setting of extreme bradycardia. 2] Although the clinical context in today’s case does not fit these descriptors for Type I OMI (e.g. International Journal of Cardiology, 300 , 201-202. [6]

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Coronary Artery Disease Journal

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Purpose To evaluate the association between osteoporosis and coronary calcification and coronary plaque burden in patients with atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease (CAD). The coronary artery calcium score (CACS) and total coronary plaque burden were quantified using the Agatston and modified Gensini scores, respectively.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

There were no plaques or stenoses. A workup was undertaken in search of a cause of the patient's ventricular arrhythmia. As noted above echocardiography was completely normal. CT coronary angiogram showed a hypoplastic RCA and dominant LCx. Once the arrhythmia was under control cardiac MRi was performed. 2022, September 2) [2] Ward, R.

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