Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 13, 2024

Chest Pain – Benign Early Repol or OMI? Written by Destiny Folk, MD, Adam Engberg, MD, and Vitaliy Belyshev MD A man in his early 60s with a past medical history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and hyperlipidemia presented to the emergency department for evaluation of chest pain.

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Dr. Anish Koka

MAY 16, 2023

This means that at every age, the probability a man complaining of chest pain has significant underlying coronary disease as a cause of this chest pain is much higher than a woman complaining of chest pain. Thanks for reading Dr. The data is overwhelming every way you can possibly look at it.

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AMS Cardiology

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Myth 1: Heart Disease Only Affects Older Adults While it’s true that age is a risk factor, heart disease can affect individuals of all ages. Recently there has been a concerning rise in heart attacks and strokes among young adults, often due to unhealthy lifestyle choices such as poor diet, lack of exercise and excessive stress.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 2, 2009

male presents because he "thought he might be having a heart attack." Pain worsened and became sharper after lifting a bookcase up the stairs. He continued to have worsening pain and diaphoresis, and associated left arm pain down to the fingers. reports MI in 2001 with a stent placed in the "marginal" artery.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 1, 2023

CT coronary angiography, in addition to a CT CAC, is arguably the best test for estimating whether someone has evidence of coronary artery disease and what that means for their near-term risk of a heart attack. 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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MIBHS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Women often experience heart disease differently than men, with risk factors and symptoms that can be easily overlooked or misinterpreted. A key difference lies in how women and men experience heart attacks. Nausea or Vomiting : Women may experience digestive issues like nausea, vomiting, or indigestion during a heart attack.

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

APRIL 17, 2024

Sudden blockage of any of these blood vessels can cause a heart attack. CT coronary angiogram is useful to rule out significant blocks in in those presenting with chest pain to the emergency department. CT coronary angiogram is also useful to evaluate coronary artery bypass vein grafts and larger coronary stents.

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Wellnest

JULY 19, 2023

Have you wondered what causes a heart attack? Three coronary arteries supply blood to the heart. When one of these arteries becomes completely blocked by a blood clot, it results in a heart attack, also known as MI (Myocardial infarction). So, how do you recognize a heart attack?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 1, 2025

A 50 something male presented in the evening to ED for evaluation of chest pain that started at 1600. He reports this was similar to how he felt when he had his heart attack 4 years prior, now s/p 4 stents. PMCardio Queen of Hearts AI Model: The Queen of course also thinks it is acute OMI, for the same reasons.

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