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Pulmonary Embolism (PE)

…and form of the thrombus, it will occlude the main pulmonary artery or its branches. The larger the thrombus, the more proximal the occlusion and…

ECG manifestations of left main coronary artery (LMCA) occlusion and critical stenosis

…showing the same branches as in panel A for cross modality comparison. Clinical features Occlusion of the left main coronary artery (LMCA) abruptly interrupts blood…

ECG localization of myocardial infarction / ischemia and coronary artery occlusion (culprit)

…The left main coronary artery ( LMCA ) originates from the left anterior aspect of the aortic bulb. The LMCA is short and branches into the two…

Factors that modify the natural course in acute myocardial infarction (AMI)

…that applying a 5 minute occlusion reflow cycle repeatedly to the circumflex artery before a 60 minute occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery…

🟠 SYNTAX Score

…left main coronary artery disease . It integrates multiple variables, including the number of lesions, their location, and specific characteristics such as bifurcations, chronic total occlusions…

Vulnerable Plaque and Mechanisms of Acute Coronary Occlusion

…hypertension with or without left ventricular hypertrophy. Among patients with NSTE ACS undergoing angiography, approximately 10% have no critical epicardial stenosis. In some of these…

Cardiac thromboembolism: cardiac sources of embolism

…a cerebral artery is occluded due to local atherothrombosis or occlusion due to embolization. Approximately 30% of all ischemic strokes are caused by cardiac embolism…

The left ventricle in myocardial ischemia and infarction

…a proximal occlusion (in the RCA) which cuts off blood flow to the right ventricle, will also affect the inferior wall of the left ventricle…

The ECG in assessment of myocardial reperfusion

…inversion of the T waves. These T waves are called post ischemic T waves and they indicate that the infarction process is more or less…

Regional Myocardial Contractile Function: Wall Motion Abnormalities

…occur when atherosclerotic plaques rupture or erode, leading to atherothrombosis and occlusion. This causes severe ischemia and the vast majority of patients experience angina pectoris…

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