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Henry Ford Health Cardiologists Publish Case Series Study on Heart Valve Procedure

DAIC

These key takeaways from the research letter on IVL-facilitated valvuloplasty for severely calcified mitral valve stenosis are published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) Cardiovascular Interventions. We are looking forward to treating patients who have no other options for mitral stenosis diseased valves.”

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Critical Left Main

EMS 12-Lead

Category 1 : Sudden narrowing of a coronary artery due to ACS (plaque rupture with thrombosis and/or downstream showering of platelet-fibrin aggregates. elevated BP), but rather directly correlated with coronary obstruction (due to plaque rupture and thrombosis) and, potentially, stymied TIMI flow. Aortic Stenosis f.

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Echocardiography, even (or especially) with Speckle Tracking, can get you in trouble. The ECG told the story.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

If it were me, I would get values at the level of the mitral valve, papillary muscles, and apex (all in PSS axis). She was treated medically for NonSTEMI, pending next day cath, which showed ulcerated plaque and a 60% thrombotic stenosis in the LAD distal to the first diagonal. I have been wrong before though! It was stented.

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30 yo woman with trapezius pain. HEART Pathway = 0. Computer "Normal" ECG. Reality: ECG is Diagnostic of LAD Occlusion.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

If it were me, I would get values at the level of the mitral valve, papillary muscles, and apex (all in PSS axis). She was treated medically for NonSTEMI, pending next day cath, which showed ulcerated plaque and a 60% thrombotic stenosis in the LAD distal to the first diagonal. I have been wrong before though! It was stented.

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