
#37 Unstable Angina: Mind the Gap Segment
Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast
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The Role of Thrombosis in Heart Failure
Two clinical syndromes and path of Fizz is you might be wondering now well why do they matter? Don't both lead to cardiac ischemia and wouldn't that just be just generally bad? Well Bronwald's argument was that slowly progressing plaque causing crescendoing angina with somewhat more steady and predictable. Whereas chest pain at rest from a non- occlusive thrombus on a disrupted plaque is unpredictable and therefore more dangerous. These two different pathophysic also look different on cardiac catheterization. And you also may have noticed we omitted the third clinical syndrome of chest pain which is chest pain atrest that resolves at least 48 hours before presentation. That's because
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