All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

APRIL 17, 2024

CT coronary angiogram can be done as an outpatient test, in the X-ray department. CT coronary angiogram is useful to rule out significant blocks in in those presenting with chest pain to the emergency department. Veins are blood vessels returning deoxygenated blood to the heart.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 24, 2023

Written by Jesse McLaren, with comments from Smith An 85 year old with a history of CAD presented with 3 hours of chest pain that feels like heartburn but that radiates to the left arm. See this other post: Chest pain, a ‘normal ECG’ a ‘normal trop’, and low HEART and EDACS score: discharge home? Below is the ECG.

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DAIC

MARCH 7, 2024

It reported the rate of CCTA exams by radiologists in hospital outpatient departments increased markedly from 2010 to 2019. Over that period, the rates of CCTA by radiologists in hospital outpatient departments increased by 355%, according to findings of Russell A. Reeves, MD, Ethan J. Halpern, MD, and Vijay M.

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DAIC

MARCH 20, 2024

Cardiac CT scans, recommended by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) as the primary testing strategy for patients with acute chest pain, are necessary for evaluating cases and determining treatment plans. Despite its importance, a substantial number of U.S.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Written by Pendell Meyers and Peter Brooks MD A man in his 30s with no known past medical history was reported to suddenly experience chest pain and shortness of breath at home in front of his family. Chest pain, SOB, Precordial T-wave inversions, and positive troponin. What is the Diagnosis? Now another, with ultrasound.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2022

His medical history is unremarkable except a similar pain occurred 4-5 times in the previous 3 months with less intensity, short duration, unrelated to exertion. He visited an outpatient clinic for it and an echocardiogram and exercise stress test was normal. He has 40 packs-year of smoking history.

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Dr. Anish Koka

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

He was concerned because he had chest pain after his first mRNA vaccine and was uncomfortable with the risks of a second mRNA dose. It is relevant to note here that as a physician active clinically in both the inpatient and outpatient arenas, I am an eyewitness to the severe toll COVID19 took on my patients in the Spring or 2020.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

A 26 year old male presented with syncope and chest pain. No signs of OMI" The chest pain resolved after some time, and another ECG was recorded: The ST Elevation is nearly gone. Syncope was sudden and without prodrome, and resulted in head trauma with a scalp laceration. Smith : I recognize this as a STEMI mimic.

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Heart BMJ

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Background Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinics (RACPC) are widely used for the outpatient assessment of chest pain, but there appears to be limited high-quality evidence justifying this model of care. This study aimed to review the literature to determine the effectiveness of RACPCs.

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Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

JANUARY 22, 2025

I don’t understand how the curve of non-cardiac chest pain trespasses in the middle of a Troponin race (False positives? Many low-risk categories can be managed as outpatients; it is still true. High sensitivity Troponin (hsTnT) do play a useful role in identifying low risk UA/NSTEMI , as seen in the following study.

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