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How To Reverse Coronary Artery Disease With Lifestyle Measures

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Reversing or regressing coronary artery disease is possible. But can coronary artery disease be reversed with lifestyle measures, including changes to nutrition and exercise? All patients had CT coronary angiograms at the start of the study and repeated after about one year. In: Yuan, C.,

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What does the angiogram show? The Echo? The CT coronary angiogram? How do you explain this?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

hours T-wave are getting larger again The patient went for an angiogram at about 7 hours after arrival. Angiogram No obstructive epicardial coronary artery disease Cannot exclude non-ACS causes of troponin elevation including coronary vasospasm, stress cardiomyopathy, microvascular disease, etc.

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90 year old with acute chest and epigastric pain, and diffuse ST depression with reciprocal STE in aVR: activate the cath lab?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Diffuse ST depression with ST elevation in aVR: Is this pattern specific for global ischemia due to left main coronary artery disease? Incidence of an acute coronary occlusion. Diffuse ST depression with ST elevation in aVR: Is this pattern specific for global ischemia due to left main coronary artery disease?

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Why You Probably Already Have Heart Disease But Just Don't Know It.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

The most common way to assess the presence and extent of coronary artery disease is with a CT scan, called a CT CAC score or CT Coronary Angiogram. CT Coronary Angiogram. 3 CORONARY DISEASE AMONG UNITED STATES SOLDIERS KILLED IN ACTION IN KOREA: PRELIMINARY REPORT. Circulation.

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Diffuse Subendocardial Ischemia on the ECG. Left main? 3-vessel disease? No!

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Smith comment: This patient did not have a bedside ultrasound. Had one been done, it would have shown a feature that is apparent on this ultrasound (however, this patient's LV function would not be as good as in this clip): This is recorded with the LV on the right. Aortic angiogram did not reveal aortic dissection.