Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

She had idiopathic ventricular fibrillation in 1992, treated with an EPD (Picture 1A), later replaced by a transvenous ICD.She was diagnosed with left femoral deep venous thrombosis and bilateral pulmonary embolism and started on therapeutic anticoagulation. Despite empiric bronchial artery embolization, hemoptysis persisted.

Defibrillator 40

Defibrillator Cardiac Arrest Sudden Cardiac Death Coronary Angiogram 40

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). CT angiogram showed extensive saddle pulmonary embolism.

Cardiac Arrest 52

Cardiac Arrest Chest Pain Embolism Pulmonary 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

CT angiogram chest: no aortic dissection or pulmonary embolism. Pericarditis? This may occur as a result of blunt chest trauma or other acute stress that produces a sudden extreme shear force on a coronary artery ( that can result in an intimal tear that leads to intraluminal thrombosis ). No further troponins were measured.

Chest Pain 52

Chest Pain Aneurysm STEMI Thrombosis 52