All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

APRIL 25, 2024

When the quantity is large enough to compress the heart, the person may feel breathless or dizzy because of a fall in blood pressure. Pericardial effusion is usually confirmed by an echocardiogram (ultrasound study of the heart). Pericarditis can occur after a heart attack due to damage following a loss of blood supply.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 13, 2024

He noted that his father died from a heart attack in his early 50s prompting his presentation to the emergency department. On our ultrasound machine, the TEX, normal strain is considered -18 % and higher (more negative). Here is the initial ECG at 13:17 with no prior ECG in the patient’s chart for comparison: What do you think?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

AUGUST 9, 2024

He reported a history of “Wolf-Parkinson-White” and “heart attack” but said neither had been treated. However the patient continued to have chest pain and bedside ultrasound showed hypokinesis of the septum with significantly reduced LVEF. These diagnoses were not found in his medical records nor even a baseline ECG.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Suddenly, a 43% chance of a heart attack or stroke becomes a 19% risk. Eur Heart J. 2 High prevalence of coronary atherosclerosis in asymptomatic teenagers and young adults: evidence from intravascular ultrasound. A MUCH bigger reduction in risk. That is a big reduction in risk. 2012 Dec;33(23):2955-62. Circulation.

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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.

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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.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

Beware a negative Bedside ultrasound. And, like most diagnostic considerations in medicine — if the differential diagnosis excludes such “other potential etiologies” simply because they are not common, or because the patient is “too young to have a heart attack” — then these other potential etiologies will be missed!

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

MAY 31, 2024

The mistake most people make when it comes to heart disease is thinking that when someone has a heart attack that, the condition of ‘heart disease’ just appeared. Heart attacks present suddenly. But heart disease presents slowly. But so do ‘Young People’ Here’s why.

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DAIC

MARCH 20, 2024

But researchers said the findings could have relevance to organs beyond the heart and also to viruses other than SARS-CoV-2. What scientists did not know is whether the damage occurs because the virus infects the heart tissue itself, or because of systemic inflammation triggered by the body’s well-known immune response to the virus.

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