Anatomy Circulation Stents 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Given that this is before it is released into the circulation by reperfusion therapy, this is a massively elevated troponin. She was taken to the cath lab, where she was found to have 100% in-stent restenosis of the proximal LAD. Prompt cath to define the anatomy should be expedited. Smith : Continued (subacute) anterior OMI.
Circulation
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4140682-A4140682, November 12, 2024. After guidewire crossing, balloon angioplasty was performed, and a drug-eluting stent was deployed. Introduction:Dextrocardia is a rare congenital condition where the heart's apex points to the right, with an incidence of about 0.01%.
Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
IntroductionBasilar‐tip aneurysm (BTA) is the most common aneurysm found in the posterior circulation, representing 5–8% of total intracranial aneurysms. Stents approved by FDA after 2014 (used in 13 cases) had a greater rate of retreatment (46.2% Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, Volume 3, Issue S2 , November 1, 2023.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JUNE 28, 2019
60-something with h/o MI and stents presented with chest pain radiating to the back and nausea/vomiting. It was stented. The patient had a p rior h istory of MI + stents. Time zero What do you think? There is inferior ST elevation. Is it normal variant? Is it ischemic (OMI)? Pericarditis?
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
DECEMBER 18, 2022
Compare to the anatomy after stenting: The lower of the 2 now easily seen branches is the circumflex, now with excellent flow. Circulation 2002; 105(4): 539-42. Here is his angiogram: This shot shows that the left circumflex (LCx) is occluded at the ostium (origin). This is seen just millimeters beyond the tip of the catheter.
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