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Instructors' Collection ECG: Regular Really Wide QRS Tachycardia

ECG Guru

Capoten (captopril) is an ACE inhibitor. Ntg is presumably sublingual nitroglycerine used for angina. So, we can assume the patient was probably being treated for angina, heart failure, and hypertension. Lasix (furosemide) is a potassium – wasting diuretic. Procardia (nifedipine) is a calcium-channel blocker.

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How High Blood Pressure Affects Your Heart and What You Can Do About It

MIBHS

This condition reduces blood flow to the heart, increasing the risk of angina (chest pain) and heart attacks. Common medications include diuretics, ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers, and calcium channel blockers. Symptoms of Hypertension One of the most dangerous aspects of high blood pressure is its lack of noticeable symptoms.

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Abstract 4142012: Ectasias of Multiple Coronary Arteries and a Coronary Cameral Fistula Between Right Coronary Artery and Coronary Sinus

Circulation

Cardiac MRI did not show significant ischemic findings.The patient received medical therapy consisting of antiplatelet agents, high dose statin, beta blocker and ACE inhibitor, as well as diuretics. Notably, the LAD had multiple aneurysmal segments and areas of eccentric stenosis upto 90%.Multislice It is often clinically silent.

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Pericarditis

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

About 5% of patients who present to A+E with chest pain which is not deemed to be a heart attack or angina are ultimately diagnosed with pericarditis. If the inflammation spreads to the surface of the heart itself, it is termed myopericarditis. Why does this inflammation happen?

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Upon arrival to the emergency department, a senior emergency physician looked at the ECG and said "Nothing too exciting."

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Takotsubo is a sudden event, not one with crescendo angina. 9 This dissociation between the degree of stenosis and the propensity to provoke an acute coronary syndrome helps to explain why myocardial infarction often occurs without being heralded by the demand-induced symptoms of angina that would result from a high-grade stenosis.

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