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A young peripartum woman with Chest Pain

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection Dissection of a coronary artery may occur in the context of atherosclerosis, or be iatrogennic during angiography or angioplasty. This MI wasn’t caused by a ruptured plaque of CAD - it was a coronary artery dissection of the RCA. This case occurred 10+ years ago. JACC 2019 Sep 10;74(10):1290-1300.

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Avocados for the Heart; Cardiology's Sad State; CBD for Pulmonary Hypertension?

Heart 2023 Conference

American College of Cardiology Journal) Are you thinking of stopping your antiplatelet medication too soon after angioplasty? The American Heart Association draws attention to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, which affects about one in four adults and is a risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.