MIBHS

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Specific genetic variants, such as those affecting cholesterol metabolism, can increase the likelihood of plaque buildup in the arteries. Cardiomyopathies: These diseases affect the heart muscle, impairing its ability to pump blood effectively. Heart imaging, such as echocardiograms or CT scans.

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MIBHS

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) CAD, which involves the narrowing or blockage of coronary arteries due to plaque buildup, can reduce blood flow to the heart. Cardiomyopathy Cardiomyopathy is a condition that affects the heart muscle, causing it to become enlarged, thick, or rigid.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

Example here: DIffuse ST Elevation with Apical Ballooning: is it Takotsubo Stress Cardiomyopathy? Mild Plaque no angiographically significant obstructive coronary artery disease. Stress induced cardiomyopathy (Takotsubo like LV dysfunction) possible. Therefore, the cath lab was activated. The initial hs troponin was = 41 ng/L.

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EMS 12-Lead

AUGUST 18, 2024

I interpreted the ECG as VT with two primary etiological possibilities: 1. Abrupt plaque ulceration of Type 1 ACS leading to VT. 2. Baseline fibrotic substrate from dilated cardiomyopathy leading to VT. Corresponding echocardiogram demonstrated LV systolic dysfunction with an EF 30%.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The commonest causes of MINOCA include: atherosclerotic causes such as plaque rupture or erosion with spontaneous thrombolysis, and non-atherosclerotic causes such as coronary vasospasm (sometimes called variant angina or Prinzmetal's angina), coronary embolism or thrombosis, possibly microvascular dysfunction. It is not rare.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

by making it clear to everyone that this is NOT an EKG that one sees with takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Hospital Course The patient was taken emergently to the cath lab which did not reveal any significant coronary artery disease, but she was noted to have reduced EF consistent with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. It can only be seen by IVUS.

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta

DECEMBER 19, 2022

If our valves are leaky then again, a smaller volume of blood is effectively ejected because some leaks back Cardiomyopathies – if the heart muscle itself is defective in some way then that makes it weaker. This includes conditions like familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, familial dilated cardiomyopathy etc.

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