Remove Coronary Angiogram Remove Heart Failure Remove Stents
article thumbnail

An undergraduate who is an EKG tech sees something. The computer calls it completely normal. How about the physicians?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Smith comment 2: I frequently see failure to control BP in patients with acute chest pain or acute heart failure. The angiogram showed scattered mild luminal irregularities of the LAD, the LCx, and the RCA and a 95% distal RCA occlusion in a right dominant system. This was a presumed culprit and a stent was placed.

article thumbnail

Distractions

EMS 12-Lead

He denied any known medical history, specifically: coronary artery disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, heart failure, myocardial infarction, or any prior PCI/stent. Learning points 1] Acute Coronary Syndrome has many shades of clinical manifestation. Breath sounds were clear in all lung fields.

article thumbnail

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

EMS 12-Lead

When OMI is captured in this early phase, there exists the highest amount of salvageable myocardium and least likelihood of heart failure at hospital discharge. Cardiology felt her chest pain to be, most likely, the result of coronary supply-demand mismatch in the context of HCM endothelial remodeling (i.e.