Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

I quickly reviewed the patient’s records and saw that she was a 53 year old woman with a history of BMI 40, but no other identifiable risk factors for coronary artery disease. In this patient with stuttering symptoms and rising troponin, there is no other option but to perform emergent coronary angiography.

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SCAD Ischemia Coronary Artery Disease Cardiomyopathy 124

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 19, 2020

MINOCA: Myocardial Infarction in the Absence of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease). Here is my comment on MINOCA: "Non-obstructive coronary disease" does not necessarily imply "no plaque rupture with thrombus." 2) overlooked obstructive coronary disease (e.g., What is MINOCA? myocarditis).

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Defibrillator Circulation Plaque Cardiac Arrest 52

Dr. Anish Koka

MAY 16, 2023

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. This happens.

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Chest Pain Coronary Artery Disease Cancer Heart Attack 52