Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 15, 2020

Inferior MI results in scar tissue which is a likely source of a re-entrant ventricular dysrhythmia. Angiogram: Severe coronary artery calcification Moderate to severe distal small vessel disease mainly seen in RPL1, 2 Otherwise, Mild plaque, no angiographically significant obstructive coronary artery disease.

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Tachycardia Nursing Heart Disease Dysrhythmia 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 31, 2018

Now you have ECG and troponin evidence of ischemia, AND ventricular dysrhythmia, which means this is NOT a stable ACS. (For those of you who are accustomed to the units of high sensitivity troponin (ng/L), this is equivalent to 20,956.00 Again, cath lab was not activated. What does this troponin level mean?

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta

DECEMBER 19, 2022

With time, fat and cholesterol can get trapped in the areas of wear and tear and cause plaque formation. The plaques can damage us in 2 ways. Firstly the plaque may continue to build up and cause actually restrict blood from getting to the heart muscle and this often presents with symptoms of chest tightness on exertion or angina.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

As in all ischemia interpretations with OMI findings, the findings can be due to type 1 AMI (example: acute coronary plaque rupture and thrombosis) or type 2 AMI (with or without fixed CAD, with severe regional supply/demand mismatch essentially equaling zero blood flow).

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