Dr. Paddy Barrett

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Whether stenting a narrowed coronary artery improves symptoms such as chest pain (angina) or shortness of breath is a very different question. Share Angina The classic definition of angina involves the sensation of tightness in the centre of the chest that is brought on with exertion and is relieved with rest.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 5, 2024

Thus, the patient does not (yet) get a formal diagnosis of MI and must be called unstable angina unless further troponins return above the 99th percentile. The patient said his chest pain was 4/10, down from 8/10 on presentation. On the basis of unresolved angina, cardiology decided to perform rescue PCI. Heitner et al.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

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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EMS 12-Lead

JULY 24, 2023

But the symptoms returned with similar pattern – provoked by exertion, and alleviated with rest; except that on each occasion the chest pain was a little more intense, and the needed recovery period was longer in duration. 3-vessel disease with a culprit lesion [Typical angina, multiple risk factors] b. Severe Hypoxia b.

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta

DECEMBER 19, 2022

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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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

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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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 9, 2017

Case A 42-year-old lady presented to the ED with complaints of intermittent episodes of chest pain associated with shortness of breath for the last 2 days. This was her ECG (it is unclear if this was with or without pain): Computerized ECG Read: “Normal sinus rhythm. Unstable Angina still exists. Thanks, Sam! Normal ECG.”

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 10, 2023

A 34 yo woman with a history of HTN, h/o SVT s/p ablation 2006, and 5 months post-partum presented with intermittent central chest pain and SOB. She had one episode of pain the previous night and two additional episodes early on morning the morning she presented. Deep breaths are painful and symptoms come and go.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

A man in his 70s with past medical history of hypertension, dyslipidemia, CAD s/p left circumflex stent 2 years prior presented to the ED with worsening intermittent exertional chest pain relieved by rest. This episode of chest pain began 3 hours ago and was persistent even at rest. Troponin was ordered. As per Drs.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2018

This was diagnosed by IVUS (intravascular ultrasound) as a ruptured plaque. Therefore this is " Transient ST Elevation Unstable Angina." As there was ruptured plaque, this is NOT Prinzmetal's angina. It is just as dangerous, as there is a ruptured plaque with thrombus (which lysed) in the proximal LAD.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 31, 2018

Prog- nostic impact of spontaneous coronary artery dissection in young female patients with acute myocardial infarction: a report from the Angina Pecto- ris-Myocardial Infarction Multicenter Investigators in Japan. SCAD occurs in patients with few or non-traditional cardiovascular risk factors. Int J Cardiol. 2016;207:341–348. 2016.01.188.

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