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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

Post cath ECG: Now there are hyperacute T-waves again, and recurrent ST depression in V2 This ECG would normally diagnostic of OMI until proven otherwise No further troponins were measured, but it looks like there is recurrent OMI Next day: A CT Coronary Angiogram was done (CTCA) CARDIAC MORPHOLOGY AND FUNCTION: 1. IMPRESSION: 1.

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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

We investigated the incidence of an acutely occluded coronary in patients presenting with STE-aVR with multi-lead ST depression. All electrocardiograms (ECGs) and coronary angiograms were blindly analyzed by experienced cardiologists. BOTTOM Line from Today’s Case: As per Drs.

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Intravascular Imaging Can Improve Outcomes for Complex Stenting Procedures

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The ECLIPSE trial shows that use of IVI to guide coronary stenting in severely calcified lesions prevents death, stent thrombosis, and unplanned repeat procedures in this high-risk patient population. The ECLIPSE trial results were presented at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session (ACC.25)

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A teenager with chest pain, a troponin below the limit of detection, and "benign early repolarization"

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Smith Major Learning Point: The worst risk factor for a bad outcome in OMI is young age because cardiologists cannot believe that a young person can have an OMI. Young people can suffer acute coronary occlusion, whether by typical atherosclerotic plaque rupture, or by coronary anomalies, coronary aneurysms, dissections, spasm, etc.