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Atherosclerotic Plaque Erosion: Mechanisms, Clinical Implications, and potential therapeutic Strategies – a review

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Atherosclerosis is an insidious and progressive inflammatory disease characterized by the formation of lipid-laden plaques within the intima of arterial walls with potentially devastating consequences. However, despite a heterogenous substrate underlying coronary thrombosis, treatment remains identical.

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Cholesterol’s Star Role in Dementia Prevention: New Insights from the 2024 Lancet Dementia Report 

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

Explore the CMHC Lipid Management Hub Visit the CMHC Lipid Management Hub , where you’ll find a wealth of resources, including webinars, CME activities, expert interviews, on-demand event recordings, news articles, drug pipelines, and more, all organized by specialty focus and format.

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Upon arrival to the emergency department, a senior emergency physician looked at the ECG and said "Nothing too exciting."

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

In a recent article (J Electrocardiol this year, see reference below), peak trop onin I levels in takotsubo presenting with ST Elevation were median 1.02 Note 2: This article fails to specify whether it was troponin I or T, but I contacted the institution and they used exclusively troponin I during that time period.

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1 hour of CPR, then ECMO circulation, then successful defibrillation.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Nonobstructive coronary disease by coronary angiography should be differentiated between patients with normal coronary arteries and minimal luminal irregularities (less than 30% stenosis) and mild to moderate coronary atherosclerosis (30% to less than 50%). FFR can be useful. A list of conditions that can cause this is below.