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

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Or is it a very tight stenosis that does not allow enough flow to perfuse myocardium that has a high oxygen demand from severely elevated BP? 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.

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A 30-something woman with intermittent CP, a HEART score of 2 and a Negative CT Coronary Angiogram on the same day

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A CT Coronary angiogram was ordered. Here are the results: --Minimally obstructive coronary artery disease. --LAD LAD plaque with 0-25 percent stenosis. The LAD has moderate 40% ostial-proximal LAD stenosis and severe 90% mid LAD stenosis involving first diagonal branch. --The CAD-RADS category 1. --No

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A man with chest pain off and on for two days, and "No STEMI" at triage.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

During angiogram in the cath lab, the patient suffered two episodes of ventricular fibrillation for which he was successfully defibrillated. Angiogram showed a culprit lesion of 100% stenosis to the right coronary artery and 100% stenosis of the right posterior descending artery, both with TIMI 0 flow.

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Rise of the Lysenkoist Cardiologists

Dr. Anish Koka

Diamond and Forrester accomplished this by first establishing the prevalence of coronary artery disease based on how clinically likely patients with chest pain symptoms were found to have coronary disease based on a coronary angiogram. The results of this dataset by age and gender follow.

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The Bleeding Heart

EMS 12-Lead

Advanced multi-vessel disease was found with stents deployed to the mid-LCx (80% stenosis), D1 (90% stensosis), and the pLAD (95% stenosis). It’s judicious, then, to arrange for coronary angiogram. elevated BP), but rather directly correlated with coronary obstruction and stymied TIMI flow.

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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

EMS 12-Lead

There is ventricular hypertrophy in the absence of abnormal loading conditions, such as aortic stenosis, or hypertension, for example – of which the most common variant is Asymmetric Septal Hypertrophy. Type II MI), however decided to pursue coronary angiogram out of an abundance of caution.