Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ADP36-ADP36, February 1, 2025. All patients had headache, and funduscopic examination demonstrated papilledema for all patients. All patients had headache, and funduscopic examination demonstrated papilledema for all patients.

Stents 40

Stents Stent Stenosis Angioplasty 40

Circulation

JANUARY 27, 2025

The risk of stent thrombosis is particularly increased during the first 6 months after intervention. Key exclusion criteria included <18 or >75 years of age, contraindications to anticoagulant use, or acute venous thrombosis <3 months.

Thrombosis 40

Thrombosis Stents Stent Quality of Life 40

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Anaphylaxis leads to plaque rupture or erosion leading to acute myocardial infarction (type II) and acute coronary stent thrombosis (type III). Emergency coronary angiography showed coronary spasm and moderate lumen stenosis in the middle segment of left anterior descending artery (LAD).

Coronary Artery Disease 64

Coronary Artery Disease Electrocardiogram Myocardial Infarction Thrombosis 64

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

1-4 Surprisingly, serial angiographic studies have revealed that the plaque at the site of the culprit lesion of a future acute myocardial infarction often does not cause stenosis that, as seen on the antecedent angiogram, is sufficiently severe to limit flow. Learning Points: 1.

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Plaque Chest Pain Thrombosis Stenosis 52

EMS 12-Lead

JULY 24, 2023

Category 1 : Sudden narrowing of a coronary artery due to ACS (plaque rupture with thrombosis and/or downstream showering of platelet-fibrin aggregates. elevated BP), but rather directly correlated with coronary obstruction (due to plaque rupture and thrombosis) and, potentially, stymied TIMI flow. Aortic Stenosis f.

Angina 52

Angina Ischemia Coronary Angiogram Stenosis 52

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

MRA head demonstrated multifocal arterial stenosis. Repeat CTA head/neck and CT perfusion showed severe stenosis of bilateral M1 segments and left greater than right A1 segments as well as ischemic penumbra in left ACA/MCA watershed territory. After the second treatment, she had improvement in speech and motor strength.

Blood Pressure 40

Blood Pressure Stenosis Hemorrhage Thrombosis 40

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Notably, the LAD had multiple aneurysmal segments and areas of eccentric stenosis upto 90%.Multislice At the time of discharge, LV systolic function improved to 39% and there were no findings concerning for coronary artery thrombosis or fistula repair failure.

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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft ACE Inhibitor Coronary Angiogram Aneurysm 40

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The angiogram showed an open artery with 95% stenosis and thrombosis and it was stented. I would expect TIMI-3 flow (normal flow, no persistent ischemia) with a culprit in the RCA (or possibly Circumflex). I would expect that a stent would be placed.

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Chest Pain STEMI Stents Stent 98

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Computed tomography angiography (CTA) of the brain and neck did not show significant stenosis or occlusion. Doppler of lower extremities showed deep vein thrombosis in the left femoral vein. During admission, transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) did not reveal any source for cardioembolism.

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Strokes Stroke Laboratory Thrombosis 40

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

CT angiography (CTA) of the head and neck demonstrated a nearly occlusive thrombus of the distal right M2 segment MCA as well as non‐hemodynamic stenosis of the proximal right ICA with possible underlying sidewall filling defect‐appearing lesion concerning for a posterior wall thrombus without underlying atherosclerosis at the bulb or otherwise.

Atherosclerosis 40

Atherosclerosis Stents Stent Strokes 40

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

History sounds concerning for ACS (could be critical stenosis, triple vessel), but differential also includes dissection, GI bleed, etc. 2 cases of Aortic Stenosis: Diffuse Subendocardial Ischemia on the ECG. His response: “subendocardial ischemia. Anything more on history? POCUS will be helpful.” Left main? 3-vessel disease?

Ischemia 52

Ischemia STEMI Stenosis Chest Pain 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 27, 2024

Old ‘NSTEMI’ A history of coronary artery disease and a stent to the same territory further increases pre-test likelihood of acute coronary occlusion, including in-stent thrombosis. This is diagnostic is inferior OMI , accompanied by inferior Q waves, and with a flat ST segment in V2 that could indicate posterior extension.

Chest Pain 117

Chest Pain STEMI Aneurysm Stents 117

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

link] A 62 year old man with a history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and carotid artery stenosis called 911 at 9:30 in the morning with complaint of chest pain. This is written by Willy Frick, an amazing cardiology fellow in St. He described it as "10/10" intensity, radiating across his chest from right to left.

Plaque 127

Plaque Angina Blog Stents 127

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 19, 2020

distal stenosis or occluded small branches), and 3) nonischemic causes for myocyte injury (e.g., Coronary thrombosis or embolism can result in MINOCA, either with or without a hypercoagulable state. The diagnosis of MINOCA should exclude: 1) other overt causes for elevated troponin (e.g., pulmonary embolism, sepsis, etc.),

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Defibrillator Circulation Plaque Cardiac Arrest 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The cardiologist called this 20% stenosis. Furthermore, the operator worried about the patient's adherence to dual antiplatelet therapy, in which case she would be at risk for catastrophic stent thrombosis. In a large proportion of cath labs, the operator would probably have ended the case at this point.

Plaque 66

Plaque Stents Stent Chest Pain 66

EMS 12-Lead

MAY 20, 2022

There is ventricular hypertrophy in the absence of abnormal loading conditions, such as aortic stenosis, or hypertension, for example – of which the most common variant is Asymmetric Septal Hypertrophy. As a brief review, HCM is a genetically inherited disorder that produces structural disarray in the myocardial cells. References Naidu, S.

Cardiomyopathy 52

Cardiomyopathy Ischemia STEMI Coronary Angiogram 52

Cardiology Update

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The NOTION trial, a pioneering study, sought to compare the long-term clinical and bioprosthesis outcomes of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement (SAVR) in patients with severe aortic valve stenosis (AS) at lower surgical risk. No cases of clinical valve thrombosis were reported.

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Aortic valve Aortic Outcomes Thrombosis 124

DAIC

MAY 15, 2024

In the meta-analysis of seven randomized trials, published in JSCAI and presented at the 2024 EuroPCR conference in Paris, France, researchers compared the outcomes of 7,785 patients undergoing TAVR (a procedure that delivers a new aortic valve into the heart through a catheter) to those undergoing SAVR for severe aortic stenosis.

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Aortic valve TAVR Outcomes Aortic 105

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Background Arteriovenous (AV) grafts often develop severe complications of stenosis due to neointimal proliferation that occurs either at the venous anastomosis site or at the outflow receiving vein. Conclusions Almost all of the grafts occluded during the 12 months of follow up.

Thrombosis 59

Thrombosis Stenosis 59

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

APRIL 21, 2024

Coronary angiography gives a visual impression about the severity of the stenosis. But it need not imply the actual functional significance of the stenosis in terms of flow physiology. A downside of the study was that it had included lesions of 50 to 79% stenosis also. identified physiologically significant stenosis.

Myocardial Infarction 52

Myocardial Infarction Stents Stent Coronary Artery Disease 52

Coronary Artery Disease Journal

MARCH 7, 2024

Current guidelines recommend percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for significant non-infarct artery (-ies) (non-IRA) stenosis in hemodynamically stable AMI patients with MVD, either during or after successful primary PCI, within 45-days. However, deciding the timing of revascularization for non-IRA in cases of MVD is uncertain.

Myocardial Infarction 40

Myocardial Infarction Ischemia Thrombosis Stents 40

Stroke Journal

JANUARY 21, 2024

Adipokine, lipid, and immune profiling was conducted. Plaque stability was determined by gold-standard histological classifications.

Plaque 40

Plaque Circulation Atherosclerosis Hemorrhage 40

Cardiology Update

APRIL 9, 2024

SMART 4 ( NCT04722250 ) studied patients with severe aortic stenosis and a small aortic annulus who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). The primary non-inferiority endpoint was MACCE (a composite of cardiac death, MI, ischaemic stroke, stent thrombosis, or target vessel revascularisation).

Angina 52

Angina Myocardial Infarction Aortic valve Coronary Artery Disease 52

Journal of the American Heart Association

APRIL 7, 2025

Decedents with acute coronary thrombosis, myocardial infarction, or other myocardial abnormality were excluded. Decedents with either noncardiac death or SAD had similar height, weight, and heart weight. Moreover, decedents with SAD had lower cardiomyocyte width (mean, 18.6 m versus 19.6 m; mean difference, 1.0 m [95% CI, 0.21.8],P=0.014)

Coronary Artery Disease 40

Coronary Artery Disease Myocardial Infarction Thrombosis Stenosis 40