All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

APRIL 17, 2024

Conventional coronary angiograms are obtained by injecting medications directly into the coronary arteries and imaging them with X-ray equipment in cardiac catheterization laboratory. CT coronary angiogram is useful to rule out significant blocks in in those presenting with chest pain to the emergency department.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2015

What do you think of this ECG in a patient with chest pain? Case history A middle-aged woman with a history of HTN, but no prior CAD, presented to the ED with chest pain. The pain had been mild and intermittent for 2 weeks, but had become more intense on the night of presentation. Is the ST elevation due to LVH?

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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. Then angioplasty is performed, and a medical device called a stent (metallic scaffold) is deployed in the artery to open the blood flow. So, how do you recognize a heart attack?

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