MIBHS

OCTOBER 31, 2024

This may result in ischemia (lack of oxygen to the heart muscle), causing parts of the heart to weaken and enlarge. Exercise regularly to keep the heart strong and healthy. 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.

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Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

However ,we have some effective clinical and pathological markers too, for effective re-vascularisation They are clinical well being and good functional capacity , relief from chest-pain, reduction of plaque volume, plaque stabilisation, maintenance of collaterals , microvascular patency , reduction of recurrent events.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

If it is a chest pain patient, I would get a formal echo and serial ECGs. There were no others: Notice the similarities to the ECG above, confirming that they are baseline Then he sent the clinical history, which was of a malfunctioning ICD, but without any chest pain or SOB. And look for an old EKG."

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 1, 2023

Share Chest Pain Symptoms There is no role for CT Calcium Scoring in the setting of someone with chest pain symptoms suspected to be from a narrowed coronary artery. This approach also reduces death from heart disease and heart attacks by 41% compared to conventional approaches such as exercise stress testing 2.

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MIBHS

OCTOBER 15, 2024

For example, if a coronary artery becomes blocked due to plaque buildup (a condition known as coronary artery disease), the heart muscle may not receive enough oxygen, leading to chest pain (angina) or, in more severe cases, a heart attack. CAD is one of the leading causes of heart attacks.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

ET Main Tent (Hall B1) This session offers more insights from key clinical trials presented at ACC.24 24 and find out what it all means for your patients.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This is one case where it made a difference: Right Ventricular MI seen on ECG helps Angiographer to find Culprit Lesion Nevertheless, it is sometimes a fun academic exercise to try to predict the infarct artery: An elderly patient had onset of chest pain one hour prior. He called 911. Here is the prehospital ECG.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Whether stenting a narrowed coronary artery improves symptoms such as chest pain (angina) or shortness of breath is a very different question. After six weeks, there was no difference in angina symptoms or exercise capacity between these two groups. Subscribe now 1 ISCHEMIA Research Group. What About Symptoms?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

male with a history of HTN and ETOH developed squeezing epigastric abdominal pain with associated vomiting and diaphoresis, followed by a syncopal episode which lasted about 10 seconds. When medics arrived, he denied any chest pain, shortness of breath, or palpitations prior to the syncopal episode.

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EMS 12-Lead

MAY 20, 2022

Furthermore, she denies any hydration since conclusion of exercise. There is broad subendocardial ischemia as demonstrated by STE aVR with concomitant STD that almost appears appropriately maximal in Leads II and V5. There is LBBB-like morphology with persistent patterns of subendocardial ischemia.

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Ken Grauer, MD

JULY 15, 2023

The ECG in Figure-1 was obtained from a previously healthy middle-aged man — who while performing his regular exercise routine, developed "slight" chest discomfort and "palpitations". These symptoms persisted for over an hour, which led the patient to contact EMS.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Learning Points: Ectopic atrial rhythm can produce atrial repolarization findings that can be confused for acute ischemia, STEMI, or OMI. If you can safely and easily increase the patient's heart rate, you can convert the patient to sinus and repeat the ECG to see if the atrial repolarization wave was the cause of the concern for ischemia.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 15, 2023

She did notice something slightly wrong subjectively, but had no palpitations, chest pain, or SOB, or any other symptom. Vagally-mediated AFib is more likely to occur at night or after meals — and less likely to occur with exercise. Her Apple Watch suddenly told her that she is in atrial fibrillation. She was on no medications.

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EMS 12-Lead

JUNE 1, 2022

Such findings would normally suggest primary ischemia with concomitant surveillance of coronary occlusion, but these ST/T changes might very well be secondary to the Escape mechanism at hand. Lead V2 shows RR’ QRS configuration, and although ST depression is otherwise expected here, the discordance is a bit excessive.

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

MAY 10, 2024

In MSIMI (Mental Stress-induced Myocardial Ischemia) studies , mental stress activities like public speaking were evaluated for their impact on ischemia, measured via myocardial SPECT and vascular function (microvascular function, endothelial function). Moreover, women under 50 years old are four times more likely to experience MSIMI.

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Ken Grauer, MD

OCTOBER 4, 2024

As to ST-T wave changes in the 12-lead ECG — although some leads show T wave inversion (ie, in leads III, V3 and V4 ) — I did not think this looked acute in this 30-year old man without chest pain. ETT — excellent level of activity and heart rate response to exercise. No evidence of ischemia. What about the Repeat ECG?

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 8, 2025

BackgroundPainful left bundle branch block (LBBB) syndrome is an uncommon disease that is defined as intermittent episodes of angina associated with simultaneous LBBB changes on an electrocardiogram (ECG) with the absence of flow-limiting coronary artery disease or ischemia on functional testing.

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