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SGARBOSSA CRITERIA

ECG Guru

The question was whether a heart attack can be recognized here. The patient is a 55-year-old man who has typical angina pectoris lasting more than 1 hour. This ECG was sent to me by a friend, I don't know if he did it himself. What can you answer?

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MINOCA : When a heart attack is not a heart attack

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

On the basis of these findings we told her that she had suffered a heart attack. 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.

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

MIBHS

This condition, called atherosclerosis, narrows the arteries, restricting blood flow and increasing the risk of heart attacks and strokes. This condition reduces blood flow to the heart, increasing the risk of angina (chest pain) and heart attacks.

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Differentiating Between Cardiac and Non-Cardiac Chest Pain

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

The typical pain of cardiac origin is a central chest pain which occurs on walking or other forms of exercise, known as effort angina. This pain is caused by insufficient supply of oxygenated blood to a region of the heart muscle. Pain of a heart attack occurs in a similar location as effort angina but is more severe.

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The Hidden Toll of Chronic Stress on Your Heart Health

MIBHS

Sustained inflammation can damage your blood vessels, leading to atherosclerosis (plaque buildup) and increasing your risk of heart attack and stroke. Reduced Blood Flow Stress can cause your blood vessels to constrict, reducing blood flow and oxygen delivery to your heart and other organs.

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Abstract TP136: STRACK: A Continuum of Stroke Care, Improving Post-Stroke and Cardiometabolic Patient Outcomes

Stroke Journal

Reduction in admissions for stroke recurrence or related to stroke, (heart attack, angina, peripheral embolism, etc.): Stroke, 30days: -100%; Related to stroke, (365d: -47,7%; 30d: -57,0%). Reduction in cardiovascular admissions ( 30d: -100%; 365d: -31,4%).

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Pericarditis

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

If the inflammation spreads to the surface of the heart itself, it is termed myopericarditis. 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. Why does this inflammation happen? How may it present?