Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 1, 2023

A CTCA provides much more anatomical detail and can identify advanced plaque often missed by CT Coronary Artery Calcium Score scans alone. CT Coronary Artery Calcium Score Scan CT Coronary Artery Calcium Score CT Coronary Angiogram As you can see from the above images, the CTCA provides far more anatomical detail.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

JANUARY 30, 2024

Did minimal exercise. 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). This was compared to using exercise stress testing. “Am I going to be ok?

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

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

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Heart Disease Cholesterol Blood Pressure Coronary Angiogram 52

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 138

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2022

He visited an outpatient clinic for it and an echocardiogram and exercise stress test was normal. Here is the coronary angiogram: A distal thrombotic right coronary artery (RCA) occlusion ! He has 40 packs-year of smoking history. There was no premature cardiovascular diseases or sudden death in his family.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

Sent by anonymous, written by Pendell Meyers A male in his teens presented with complaints of chest discomfort and dyspnea beginning while exercising but without obvious injury. He immediately stopped exercising and symptoms started to improve. The wall motion abnormalities of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and LAD OMI can be similar.

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Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

APRIL 6, 2025

His exercise capacity was good at 11 METs, stopped at early stage 4 standard Bruce. Mostly, you can’t escape from a coronary angiogram” Next option is CT angiogram, Thallium or dobutamine stress. Out of 5 cardiologists I consulted, 4 asked me to go for an immediate angiogram.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Previously healthy, taking no medication and exercising regularly. No anginal symptoms asymptomatic during physical exercise. CT coronary angiogram showed a hypoplastic RCA and dominant LCx. Below in Figure-1 is this patient's admission ECG. How will you manage this patient? No PVCs are seen. or is wider than 130 msec.,

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