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How High Blood Pressure Affects Your Heart and What You Can Do About It

MIBHS

Artery Damage : Hypertension damages the inner lining of your arteries, making them less elastic and more prone to plaque buildup. Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) : High blood pressure accelerates the development of CAD by promoting the buildup of plaques in the coronary arteries.

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Explain this ECG in the context of active chest pain, slightly elevated troponin without a delta, RCA culprit, and previous with LBBB

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A 60-something yo female presented w/ exertional chest pain for 3 days. Pain was 8/10 and constant. She has been experiencing progressively worsening exertional dyspnea and chest tightness mostly when climbing up flights of stairs since early September. But the patient has active chest pain.

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Dynamic OMI ECG. Negative trops and negative angiogram does not rule out coronary ischemia or ACS.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Thus, it has recently become generally accepted that most plaque ruptures resulting in myocardial infarction occur in plaques that narrow the lumen diameter by 40% of the arterial cross section may be involved by plaque. The pathologist may see a plaque that constitutes, for example, 50% of the cross-sectional area.

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Three normal high sensitivity troponins over 4 hours with a "normal ECG"

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

He described the symptom as chest burning with occasional radiation into his throat and jaw. He first noticed it while exercising. The day of presentation, the pain woke him from sleep, which is why he decided to come in. The patient said his chest pain was 4/10, down from 8/10 on presentation. Heitner et al.

Angina 119
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No, we can’t call OMT, as a re-vascularisation  procedure.

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

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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The Hidden Toll of Chronic Stress on Your Heart Health

MIBHS

Sustained inflammation can damage your blood vessels, leading to atherosclerosis (plaque buildup) and increasing your risk of heart attack and stroke. This can lead to chest pain (angina) and increase your risk of heart attack or stroke, especially if you already have underlying heart disease.

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Who Is At Risk for Heart Disease?

AMS Cardiology

High cholesterol levels – Elevated levels of bad cholesterol can contribute to plaque buildup in your arteries, increasing the risk of heart disease. Routine blood pressure checks are essential to maintaining a healthy heart as high blood pressure often has no symptoms.