Dr. Paddy Barrett

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

This is about estimating your near-term risk of a heart attack. The most accurate way (But not the only way) to answer this question is whether or not you have plaque in your coronary arteries. If you already have plaque, your risk of event an event goes up proportional to the amount of plaque you have 2.

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

APRIL 17, 2024

CT coronary angiograms are increasing in popularity as a non-invasive screening test for detecting blocks in coronary arteries. Coronary arteries are blood vessels supplying oxygenated blood to the heart. Veins are blood vessels returning deoxygenated blood to the heart.

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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. Mixed Plaque - A combination of both calcified and NON-calcified plaque.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Reversing or regressing coronary artery disease is possible. You cannot eliminate the plaque entirely, but multiple clinical trials have shown plaque regression using high-intensity cholesterol-lowering treatments, which I have discussed previously. REVERSAL Investigators. 2004 Mar 3;291(9):1071-80.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

JANUARY 30, 2024

. ‘ Snipers Alley ’, it turns out, is an age between 40-60, where mostly males were having fatal heart attacks. These patients were not overly bothered about having a heart attack at age 80, but usually, one of their friends, aged 52 or so, had just had a heart attack, and they did not want to be next.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

Only after her troponin peaked at 500,000 ng/L did she get her angiogram, which showed a 100% left main occlusion due to ruptured plaque. She died before she could get a heart transplant. They just could not believe that a young woman could have an OMI. RBBB, LAFB, and STE in I, aVL, V2 and V3. Diagnostic of Massive OMI.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

MAY 31, 2024

The mistake most people make when it comes to heart disease is thinking that when someone has a heart attack that, the condition of ‘heart disease’ just appeared. Heart attacks present suddenly. But heart disease presents slowly. CT Coronary Angiogram. Here’s why.

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