Heart attacks Plaque Ultrasound 
Dr. Paddy Barrett
DECEMBER 19, 2023
You cannot eliminate the plaque entirely, but multiple clinical trials have shown plaque regression using high-intensity cholesterol-lowering treatments, which I have discussed previously. All of these parameters are important and need to be considered when evaluating plaque regression. REVERSAL Investigators.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
DECEMBER 19, 2022
On the basis of these findings we told her that she had suffered a heart attack. She asked me why I felt she had had a heart attack and I explained to her that she had had chest pains and the blood test indicating damage to the heart was elevated and that was all we needed to say that she had had a heart attack.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
MARCH 6, 2022
So cardiomyopathies, valve problems, myocarditis and previous heart attacks all cause a problem with the pumping function of the heart. This is an ultrasound (a bit like the type that we use on pregnant women to look at the baby). The problem with CT scanning is if you see something.
Dr. Paddy Barrett
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Everyone starts with no plaque in the coronary arteries, but over a long enough time frame, everyone develops plaque in their coronary arteries. By age 80, almost everyone will have evidence of advanced plaque in their coronary arteries, as defined by a cardiac CT 1. Plaque accumulation happens in stages. You got it.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
DECEMBER 19, 2022
As the heart becomes more muscular, it becomes stiffer and therefore does not fill with as much blood and therefore pumps less blood out. So what tests tell us about the heart as a pump? Echocardiography – We can use ultrasound to visualize the heart and look at how well it pumps.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 10, 2022
He reportedly told his family "I think I'm having a heart attack", then they immediately drove him to the ED, and he was able to ambulate into the triage area before he collapsed and became unresponsive. Cardiac Ultrasound may be a surprisingly easy way to help make the diagnosis Answer: pulmonary embolism. This is a quiz.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 9, 2023
Only after her troponin peaked at 500,000 ng/L did she get her angiogram, which showed a 100% left main occlusion due to ruptured plaque. She died before she could get a heart transplant. Beware a negative Bedside ultrasound. They just could not believe that a young woman could have an OMI. Diagnostic of Massive OMI.
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