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Sigmoid ventricular septum treated with endocardial ablation to improve left ventricular outflow: cases report

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

BackgroundSigmoid Ventricular Septum (SVS) is a type of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy characterized by a reduced angle between the basal interventricular septum and the ascending aorta, and SVS can lead to dynamic Left Ventricular Outflow Tract obstruction (LVOTO) during hypercontractile states.

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H/o MI and stents with brief angina has this ED ECG. And what is Fractional Flow Reserve?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A middle-aged man complained of 15 minutes of classic angina that resolved upon arrival to the ED. The patient's chest pain had resolved by the time of the ECG 2. But it does prove that the patient has coronary disease and makes the probability that his chest pain is due to ACS very very high. The T-waves are flat.

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Dynamic, Reversible, Ischemic T-wave inversion mimics Wellens'. All trops negative.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This appears to be a classic Wellens' ECG, Pattern A, with terminal T-wave inversion in V2-V4, preserved R-waves, and it appears to be Wellens' syndrome, as it occurred after resolution of typical angina pain. The patient remained pain free. Unstable Angina still exists 2. Case continued All troponins were negative.

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Concerning EKG with a Non-obstructive angiogram. What happened?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

link] A 62 year old man with a history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and carotid artery stenosis called 911 at 9:30 in the morning with complaint of chest pain. He described it as "10/10" intensity, radiating across his chest from right to left. This is written by Willy Frick, an amazing cardiology fellow in St.

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MINOCA : When a heart attack is not a heart attack

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

She asked me why I felt she had had a heart attack and I explained to her that she had had chest pains and the blood test indicating damage to the heart was elevated and that was all we needed to say that she had had a heart attack. On the basis of these findings we told her that she had suffered a heart attack.

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American College of Cardiology ACC.24 Late-breaking Science and Guidelines Session Summary

DAIC

12:15 p.m.

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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

This patient, who is a mid 60s female with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia and GERD, called 911 because of chest pain. A mid 60s woman with history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and GERD called 911 for chest pain. It is also NOT the clinical scenario of takotsubo (a week of intermittent chest pain).

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