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What does the angiogram show? The Echo? The CT coronary angiogram? How do you explain this?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A 70-something female with no previous cardiac history presented with acute chest pain. She awoke from sleep last night around 4:45 AM (3 hours prior to arrival) with pain that originated in her mid back. She stated the pain was achy/crampy. Over the course of the next hour, this pain turned into a pressure in her chest.

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The Advantages Of A CT Coronary Angiogram

Dr. Paddy Barrett

CT Coronary Artery Calcium Score Scan CT Coronary Artery Calcium Score CT Coronary Angiogram As you can see from the above images, the CTCA provides far more anatomical detail. Regardless, if you present with chest pain and get a stress test instead of a CTCA, you are arguably getting an inferior test.

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An undergraduate who is an EKG tech sees something. The computer calls it completely normal. How about the physicians?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A 63 year old man with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, prediabetes, and a family history of CAD developed chest pain, shortness of breath, and diaphoresis after consuming a large meal at noon. He called EMS, who arrived on scene about two hours after the onset of pain to find him hypertensive at 220 systolic.

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A teenager with chest pain, a troponin below the limit of detection, and "benign early repolarization"

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

No prior exertional complaints of chest pain, dizziness, lightheadedness, or undue shortness of breath. He denied headache or neck pain associated with exertion. I sent this ECG to Dr. Smith, with the only information that it is a 17 year old with chest pain. 24 yo woman with chest pain: Is this STEMI?

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In Your 40s to 60s And Worried About Heart Disease? Here Is What You Can Do.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Risk factors such as high blood pressure, smoking, and inactivity are important because the longer you are exposed to them, the higher the odds you will develop coronary artery disease sooner in life. And, by extension, have a higher risk of a heart attack. But not everyone with risk factors develops early heart disease.

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Rise of the Lysenkoist Cardiologists

Dr. Anish Koka

Knowledge of this fundamental pillar of biology should drive how cardiologists approach men and women being evaluated for the presence of significant coronary disease. Atypical angina is classified as having any two of the three symptoms, and non-anginal pain any one of the three symptoms. versus 66.3%; P =0.004), older age (62.4±7.9

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Critical Left Main

EMS 12-Lead

But the symptoms returned with similar pattern – provoked by exertion, and alleviated with rest; except that on each occasion the chest pain was a little more intense, and the needed recovery period was longer in duration. It’s judicious, then, to arrange for coronary angiogram. Coronary Angiogram 1.

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