Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

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.

Coronary Angiogram 103

Coronary Angiogram Plaque Thrombosis STEMI 103

EMS 12-Lead

JULY 24, 2023

Category 1 : Sudden narrowing of a coronary artery due to ACS (plaque rupture with thrombosis and/or downstream showering of platelet-fibrin aggregates. It’s judicious, then, to arrange for coronary angiogram. Coronary Angiogram 1. This results in Type I MI. She was urgently taken to the Cath Lab.

Angina 52

Angina Ischemia Coronary Angiogram Stenosis 52

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. Young people can suffer acute coronary occlusion, whether by typical atherosclerotic plaque rupture, or by coronary anomalies, coronary aneurysms, dissections, spasm, etc.

Chest Pain 52

Chest Pain Aneurysm STEMI Thrombosis 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

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.

Ischemia 52

Ischemia STEMI Stenosis Coronary Artery Disease 52