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Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring In Asymptomatic Patients, Bilal Hussain, Ahmed Mahmood, Michael G. Flynn, Thomas Alexander
Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring In Asymptomatic Patients, Bilal Hussain, Ahmed Mahmood, Michael G. Flynn, Thomas Alexander
HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine
Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring is an important prognostic tool for personalized cardiovascular preventive care and has recently been incorporated into American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines. CAC provides direct visualization and quantification of CAC burden for risk stratification and primary prevention of cardiovascular events in an asymptomatic population. CAC scoring is recommended for individuals with intermediate 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk and selective populations with borderline ASCVD risk. In this review, we outline the interpretation of CAC scores for predicting the risk of cardiovascular events, and we highlight the guidelines for starting statin and potentially starting aspirin …
A Complication Of Acute Myocardial Infarction, Nakeya Dewaswala, Robert Dean Chait
A Complication Of Acute Myocardial Infarction, Nakeya Dewaswala, Robert Dean Chait
HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine
Ventricular septal rupture (VSR) is a rare complication after acute myocardial infarction (MI). The case presents an apical four chamber echocardiogram showing mid-septal discontinuity with lateral to medial movement of the transected ventricular septum during systole and diastole. Color Doppler demonstrates flow across the septum with extensive anatomic destruction of the ventricular septum.