Medical Xpress - Cardiology

MARCH 18, 2024

A five-day course of once-daily inorganic nitrate reduces the risk of a serious complication following a coronary angiogram, in which the dye used causes damage to the kidneys.

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Coronary Angiogram Outcomes 81

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

DECEMBER 18, 2024

CT coronary angiogram revealed severe narrowing of the left main coronary artery. Six months following modified Bentall procedure a patient presented with angina and acute ST depression. Minimal invasive off p.

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft 52

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Coronary Angiogram Angina Stenosis 52

Heart BMJ

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The coronary angiogram was normal. The patient was managed medically and was referred to us in view of worsening symptoms with severe left ventricular dysfunction and moderate aortic regurgitation. Echocardiogram, CT aortogram and late gadolinium imaging of the aorta have been shown in figure 1.

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Coronary Angiogram Aortic valve Echocardiogram Aortic 75

Heart BMJ

JUNE 17, 2024

His coronary angiogram (CAG) is shown in figure 1 ( ). Figure 1 (A–C) Coronary angiogram of left and right coronary arteries. (D) He had global left ventricular (LV) hypokinesia, severe LV dysfunction (LVEF 30%) and preserved thickness of LV and interventricular septum in echo. D) ECG taken in emergency room.

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Coronary Angiogram Tachycardia 52

Dr. Paddy Barrett

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Sleep & Heart Disease Cardiac CT - CAC Scores & CT Coronary Angiograms. Understanding Blood Pressure. The Role of Inflammation. Formulas For Estimating Benefit & Risk. The Reducing Risk module is where we put it all together.

Cholesterol 67

Cholesterol Blood Pressure Heart Disease Coronary Angiogram 67

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Here it is: So we looked for the followup: Cath lab was activated per protocol and coronary angiogram found no angiographic significant obstructive disease in the LAD, LCX, and RCA. Then he said: "No wonder the next EKG we recorded just before she left for the cath lab was normal."

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Chest Pain Diabetes STEMI Blog 136

Heart BMJ

JULY 25, 2024

1 In 320 patients, the availability of vFFR data led to a significant reduction in the number of vessels considered to have important disease and changed the management in 22% of cases when compared with their classification using angiography alone.

Physiology 52

Physiology Coronary Angiogram Myocardial Infarction 52

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Patients undergoing coronary angiography between January 2014 and December 2015 were included in the analysis. Eligible patients had at least one inpatient coronary angiogram for suspected coronary artery disease between January 2014 and December 2015.

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Coronary Angiogram Coronary Artery Disease Inpatient Cardiovascular Disease 64

Dr. Paddy Barrett

JANUARY 30, 2024

We look directly at the coronary arteries using a cardiac CT scan. Subscribe now Cardiac CT There are two types of cardiac CT: CT Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) Scan CT Coronary Angiogram (CTCA). The CAC scan looks for deposits of calcium in the areas of the coronary arteries as a proxy marker for plaque.

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Heart Disease Heart attacks Heart Attack Plaque 75

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MARCH 14, 2024

The routine laboratory results, imaging study, coronary angiogram, and echocardiogram (ECG) were normal. Case We report the case of a 20-year-old man with variants in SCN5A and RyR2 genes who was resuscitated from sudden cardiac death during sleep due to a ventricular fibrillation. The patient did not have underlying diseases.

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Sudden Cardiac Death Coronary Angiogram Laboratory Echocardiogram 59

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JUNE 3, 2024

Workup including routine laboratory results, 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG), echocardiogram, and coronary angiogram was non-specific. During the intravenous lacosamide infusion, the patient developed sudden cardiac arrest caused by ventricular arrhythmias necessitating resuscitation. 2893C>T, p.Arg965Cys) in the SCN5A gene.

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Sudden Cardiac Death Coronary Angiogram Cardiac Arrest Laboratory 52

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The left and right coronary arteries were slender and narrow, which was relieved after the injection of 100g nitroglycerine through the left coronary artery. After performing a coronary angiogram, the patient was given long-acting nitrates and calcium channel blockers orally, and her chest pain did not reoccur.

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Cardiac Arrest Chest Pain Coronary Angiogram Myocardial Infarction 52

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Methods This single-center prospective registry included consecutive patients with chronic coronary syndrome (CCS) who underwent elective coronary angiography, with or without revascularization.

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Coronary Angiogram Stenosis 59

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 30, 2024

Will you accept this patient for emergent coronary angiogram based on the ECG changes? The patient is a 70 something female with chest discomfort and dyspnea. How would you interpret the ST changes seen in this ECG? Does the ECG represent STEMI-negative OMI findings? How would you mange this patient?

Ischemia 78

Ischemia Coronary Angiogram Pulmonary STEMI 78

BoardVitals - Cardiovascular

JUNE 14, 2017

Question banks are a favorite exam preparation resource for Cardiologists that want to practice in the format of the exam.

Congenital Heart Disease 52

Congenital Heart Disease Coronary Angiogram Coronary Artery Disease Cardiovascular Disease 52

Open Heart

MAY 2, 2023

Objective The training of interventional cardiologists (ICs), non-interventional cardiologists (NICs) and cardiac surgeons (CSs) differs, and this may be reflected in their interpretation of invasive coronary angiography (ICA) and management plan.

Physiology 52

Physiology Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Coronary Angiogram Chest Pain 52

Dr. Paddy Barrett

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Sleep & Heart Disease Cardiac CT - CAC Scores & CT Coronary Angiograms. Understanding Blood Pressure. The Role of Inflammation. Formulas For Estimating Benefit & Risk. The Reducing Risk module is where we put it all together.

Heart Disease 52

Heart Disease Cholesterol Blood Pressure Coronary Angiogram 52

Dr. Paddy Barrett

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The amount of plaque in your coronary arteries can be estimated by looking directly at your coronary arteries with a cardiac CT and calculating your CAC score. This also means that if you have a CAC score of 0, you have no calcified plaque in your coronary arteries.

Cholesterol 124

Cholesterol Plaque Heart attacks Heart Attack 124

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Cardiology was consulted and the patient underwent coronary angiogram which showed diffuse severe three-vessel disease. Coronary angiogram shows diffuse severe three-vessel disease. Episodes of angina over past couple of months had been progressive. High sensitivity troponin I rose to peak at 2900 ng/L.

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Tachycardia Cardiogenic Shock Angina Coronary Angiogram 141

Ken Grauer, MD

JULY 15, 2023

CT coronary angiogram — No obstructive coronary disease. CT coronary angiogram showed no obstructive coronary disease. But immediate resolution of chest pain once VT was converted — and — the normal CT coronary angiogram — essentially ruled out acute coronary disease as the cause.

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Blog Coronary Angiogram Cardiomyopathy Ischemia 78

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Her heart failure was due to the fistula as she had no coronary artery disease on coronary angiogram. She had no further complications and was discharged home in good condition.Discussion:SVA affects the right sinus (94%), with the non-coronary (5%) and left sinus (1%) being less commonly involved.

Heart Failure 40

Heart Failure Coronary Angiogram Echocardiogram Aneurysm 40

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 20, 2024

The cardiology fellow wrote in their note “unclear etiology of troponin elevation at this time, but hypertensive emergency, underlying CAD with demand ischemia , or NSTEMI all remain on the differential… In light of his risk factors, concerning clinical presentation and troponin trend -- we favor coronary angiogram over CTCA at this time.”

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Chest Pain Blood Pressure Ischemia STEMI 129

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 5, 2024

Written by Magnus Nossen The patient in todays case is a 50 year old male. He has a medical hx notable for hypertension, hyperlipidemia and previous tobacco use disorder. The patient presented due to chest pain that was typical in nature, retrosternal and radiating to the left arm and neck. He denied any exertional chest pain.

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Chest Pain Blog Cardiac Arrest Cardiomyopathy 115

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Case:A 74-year-old male with a recent NSTEMI presented for elective coronary artery revascularization. We describe the "Double Guiding Catheter Technique" to minimize side branch closure and wire damage to non-atherectomy vessels during bifurcation orbital atherectomy (OA).Case:A

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Coronary Angiogram Stenosis Plaque Stents 40

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

A repeat CT angiogram indicated contrast extension into the ventricular myocardium near the EPD but no lung spillage suggestive of pseudoaneurysm (Picture 1B).She A coronary angiogram revealed normal arteries, while a left ventriculogram revealed contrast extravasation through the lateral wall (Picture 1C).

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Defibrillator Cardiac Arrest Sudden Cardiac Death Coronary Angiogram 40

Dr. Paddy Barrett

MARCH 21, 2024

Sleep & Heart Disease Cardiac CT - CAC Scores & CT Coronary Angiograms. Understanding Blood Pressure. The Role of Inflammation. Formulas For Estimating Benefit & Risk. I'm Interested The Reducing Risk module is where we put it all together.

Heart Disease 52

Heart Disease Cholesterol Blood Pressure Coronary Angiogram 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2023

A Coronary angiogram from 8 years prior revealed that he had had an inferior posterior STEMI at the time due to 100% occlusion of the proximal RCA. Regional wall motion abnormality- inferior and inferolateral.

Aneurysm 115

Aneurysm Chest Pain Echocardiogram STEMI 115

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

addition to diagnostic coronary angiogram, advances in noninvasive cardiac imaging allow further identification and characterization of these fistulae. Surgical approach was appropriate in this patient given the findings complex mvCAD and the CCF with significant hemodynamic shunt.

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft 40

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft ACE Inhibitor Coronary Angiogram Aneurysm 40

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

A repeat coronary angiogram was unremarkable. Three hours later, a rise in CEs was noted, and EKG showed ST elevations inferiorly. TTE showed a reduced EF with multiple segmental abnormalities concerning for myocardial infarction. Intra-operative TEE showed an EF of 20% with no improvement after drainage.

Myocardial Infarction 40

Myocardial Infarction Coronary Angiogram Echocardiogram Chest Pain 40

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

APRIL 30, 2024

Same catheter is used for engaging right and left coronary artery. Tiger catheter is the most popular catheter for transradial coronary angiography. Same catheter can be used for the right and left coronary angiograms. Picture of a tiger diagnostic coronary catheter.

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Coronary Angiogram General Cardiology 40

EMS 12-Lead

JULY 24, 2023

It’s judicious, then, to arrange for coronary angiogram. Coronary occlusion, however, might be present concurrently with subendocardial ischemia on the time-zero ECG, or evolve into such. Proximal LAD disease with/without a) and b) It seemed quite apparent that this was an Acute Coronary Syndrome. Coronary Angiogram 1.

Angina 52

Angina Ischemia Coronary Angiogram Stenosis 52

European Journal of Heart Failure

JANUARY 21, 2024

Images on the left panel show an example of coronary angiography, first-pass perfusion maps and stress and rest myocardial perfusion maps of a patient with cardiac amyloidosis. The coronary angiogram is unobstructed and visual analysis of first-pass perfusion shows a global reduction in myocardial blood flow.

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Coronary Angiogram Biomarkers Outcomes Research 40

Dr. Paddy Barrett

DECEMBER 19, 2023

All patients had CT coronary angiograms at the start of the study and repeated after about one year. The DISCO trial is a more recent study that attempted to assess the role of nutrition in reversing plaque buildup 6. There was no increase in overall plaque in the intervention arm, but there was a small increase in the control arm.

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Coronary Artery Disease Plaque Exercise Heart attacks 105

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 2, 2023

Outcome The only followup we got was that the patient is undergoing Coronary Bypass (CABG) of LAD, 2nd Obtuse Marginal, and Left Posterolateral coronaries. We don't know if he had a stress test, a CT Coronary angiogram, or they just decided to do an angiogram.

Chest Pain 52

Chest Pain Angina Coronary Angiogram Stents 52

EMS 12-Lead

APRIL 8, 2022

Cardiology admitted him for observation with plans for next-day coronary angiogram. Unfortunately, due to the patient’s abrupt exodus from the PCI center – without benefit of coronary angiogram, or echo, for example – the disposition will forever remain unknown. [1] The peak Troponin I confirmed myocardial infarction. (A

Myocardial Infarction 52

Myocardial Infarction Coronary Angiogram STEMI Ischemia 52

Ken Grauer, MD

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Hospital evaluation for this patient was negative for an acute coronary syndrome ( ie, CT coronary angiogram was normal — troponin was not elevated — and Echo was negative, with no sign of pericardial effusion ). CT Coronary Angiogram showed no sign of underlying coronary disease.

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Pericarditis Blog Chest Pain Coronary Angiogram 78

SoftCath

OCTOBER 2, 2021

The duration of radiation exposure depends on diagnostic coronary angiogram, interventional procedure, the fluoroscopic and cine screening times. The cath lab management should ensure that a minimum amount of time is spent by the staff in the radiation area.

Technology 52

Technology Ultrasound Coronary Angiogram Interventional Cardiology 52