DAIC

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

ET Main Tent (Hall B1) This session offers more insights from key clinical trials presented at ACC.24 24 and find out what it all means for your patients.

Aortic valve 103

Aortic valve Myocardial Infarction Aortic Blood Pressure 103

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 11, 2016

A middle-aged woman had intermittent angina for 48 hours, then onset of constant, crushing chest pain for 1.5 Both of these are very suggestive of " No-Reflow ," or poor microvascular reperfusion due to downstream embolization of microscopic platelet-fibrin aggregates. hours when she called 911.

Myocardial Infarction 52

Myocardial Infarction Pericarditis STEMI Angina 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

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.

Plaque 52

Plaque Chest Pain Thrombosis Stenosis 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Watch what happends as the heart recovers from its episode of ischemia. The ECG shows inferior ischemia. By itself seeing this ECG pattern does not necessarily mean that the patient has a pulmonary embolism. Are the T-waves in leads I and II hyperacute? Hard to tell. How can we know? By the evolution of the ECG!

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft 107

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Ischemia Chest Pain Stenosis 107

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 25, 2025

There is low voltage in the precordium which always makes reading ischemia harder. In ACS, chest pain is the warning sign of ongoing ischemia. Smith : As Willy says, and as we've said many times before, morphine will resolve pain without resolving ischemia. ECG 1 What do you think? To me, this ECG is not diagnostic.

Chest Pain 63

Chest Pain Ischemia Plaque Stents 63