Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2024

He reported typical chest pain since 4H AM and arrived at our ED at 10h with ongoing chest pain. Successful primary angioplasty of the mid-circumflex artery towards the main marginal branch with the implantation of a drug-eluting stent. You must record frequent serial ECGs for patients with chest pain.

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AMS Cardiology

OCTOBER 11, 2024

However, seeking immediate medical help is crucial if you experience chest pain, shortness of breath or dizziness. Procedures such as angioplasty, stenting and bypass surgery can restore blood flow to the heart and improve function.

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Dr. Anish Koka

MAY 16, 2023

This means that at every age, the probability a man complaining of chest pain has significant underlying coronary disease as a cause of this chest pain is much higher than a woman complaining of chest pain. Thanks for reading Dr. The data is overwhelming every way you can possibly look at it.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 18, 2024

Written by Jesse McLaren A 70 year old with prior MIs and stents to LAD and RCA presented to the emergency department with 2 weeks of increasing exertional chest pain radiating to the left arm, associated with nausea. The patient was transferred to CCU to consider surgical options.

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MIBHS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

While men often report crushing chest pain as the most prominent symptom, women might experience subtler symptoms like shortness of breath, nausea, or back pain. Women might describe it as a tightness, pressure, or squeezing sensation rather than a sharp pain.

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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

MARCH 9, 2013

This male in his 40's had been having intermittent chest pain for one week. He awoke from sleep with crushing central chest pain and called ems. EMS recorded a 12-lead, then gave 2 sublingual nitros with complete relief of pain. A stent was placed. Type B waves are deeper and symmetric. Wehrens X.H.,

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2011

This 42 yo diabetic male presented with cough and foot pain. In spite of aggressive questioning, he denied chest pain, but he did tell one triage nurse that he had had some chest burning, and so he underwent an ECG: There are deep Q-waves and QS-waves in precordial leads V2-V3, with a bit of R-wave left in V4.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

No chest pain. His inpatient clinicians did not think that an urgent angiogram was warranted given that he was chest pain free, his EKG appeared nondiagnostic, and serial troponins were not elevating beyond 2 ug/L. The lesion was intervened on with balloon angioplasty and had subsequent TIMI 3 flow. Why is this?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 1, 2013

A middle aged male with no h/o CAD presented with one week of crescendo exertional angina, and had chest pain at the time of the first ECG: Here is the patient's previous ECG: Here is the patient's presenting ED ECG: There is isolated ST depression in precordial leads, deeper in V2 - V4 than in V5 or V6. There is no ST elevation.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

AUGUST 9, 2019

His comments/questions are inserted below the ECG: A 50-something woman presented with 3 days of intermittent chest pain that became worse on the day of presentation, with diaphoresis and radiation to the left arm, as well as abdominal pain. Everolimus-Eluting Stents or Bypass Surgery for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease.

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Wellnest

JULY 19, 2023

When a person experiences a heart attack or myocardial infarction, they may feel chest pain and other symptoms in different parts of their body. Although both techniques have advantages and limitations, primary angioplasty is the chosen therapy in most cases. So, how do you recognize a heart attack?

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