Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

DECEMBER 2, 2023

This has important clinical significance , as many successfully lysed STEMI patient might have minimal segments of dissection/deep plaque fissures. , Spontaneous coronary dissection vs Iatrogenic dissection SCAD is a rare , different entity , enjoys a popular space in the patho-physiology of CAD. Is plaque fissure painful ?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 19, 2020

If the arrest was caused by acute MI due to plaque rupture, then the diagnosis is MINOCA. Here is my comment on MINOCA: "Non-obstructive coronary disease" does not necessarily imply "no plaque rupture with thrombus." They often cannot even be recognized as culprits, as fissured or ulcerated plaque. FFR can be useful.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 31, 2018

Post by Smith, with short article by Angie Lobo ( [link] ), a third year intermal medicine resident at Abbott Northwestern Hospital Case A 30-something woman with no past history, who is very fit and athletic, presented with 1.5 What is Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD)? hours of substernal chest pressure.

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