Echocardiogram Plaque STEMI 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
APRIL 12, 2023
Prehospital Conventional algorithm interpretation: ANTERIOR INFARCT, STEMI Transformed ECG by PM Cardio: PM Cardio AI Bot interpretation: OMI with High Confidence What do you think? Mild Plaque no angiographically significant obstructive coronary artery disease. A 49 year old woman with h/o COPD only presented with sudden dyspnea.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
DECEMBER 19, 2023
The commonest causes of MINOCA include: atherosclerotic causes such as plaque rupture or erosion with spontaneous thrombolysis, and non-atherosclerotic causes such as coronary vasospasm (sometimes called variant angina or Prinzmetal's angina), coronary embolism or thrombosis, possibly microvascular dysfunction. It is not rare.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Here is the cath report: Echocardiogram: There is severe hypokinesis of entire LV apex and apical segment of all the walls. To prove there is no plaque rupture, you need to do intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). An angiogram is a "lumenogram;" most plaque is EXTRALUMINAL!! ng/mL by 4th generation and older assays.)
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
This has been termed a “STEMI equivalent” and included in STEMI guidelines, suggesting this patient should receive dual anti-platelets, heparin and immediate cath lab activation–or thrombolysis in centres where cath lab is not available. See this case: what do you think the echocardiogram shows in this case?
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MARCH 28, 2017
EMS recorded these ECGs: Time 0: In V2-V4, there is ST elevation that does not meet STEMI "criteria," of 1.5 She was having a transient STEMI, briefly. It did not progress to full STEMI with loss of the anterior wall, as in this case. Patients with transient occlusion may manifest only transient STEMI on ECG.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 24, 2019
Troponins, echocardiogram An echocardiogram showed inferobasilar hypokinesis, further supporting a diagnosis of regional ischemia , likely of the area supplied by the RCA. Here’s the angiogram of the RCA : No thrombus or plaque rupture in the RCA (or any coronary artery) was found. The initial troponin I was elevated at 0.75
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JULY 31, 2018
It is equivalent to a transient STEMI. Not much, but studies of STEMI and NonSTEMI show that about 70% of those diagnosed with STEMI have a peak troponin I above 10 ng/mL and that about 70% of those diagnosed with NonSTEMI have a peak troponin I below 10 ng/mL. Again, cath lab was not activated.
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