I spotted it. Medical stuff.
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I follow this ER doc on Twitter who does educational videos. Usually he shows EKGs with a breakdown of what the abnormalities are, and how intervention proceeded in the case. He's really good.
Here's the video.
But, at the end, he shows the coronary angiogram and how this man's evolving heart attack was prevented with an angioplasty.
His mouse arrow points to the obstruction and how it was opened.
But I saw something else, and commented:
(not a cardiologist - just wondering)
Is that 1st diagonal (?) somewhat stenotic as well? Was it considered for angioplasty?
I was right!!!
Yes nice catch, a very tight Proximal D1 which was intervened upon as well!
Nice to see that I can still, sorta, read a coronary arteriogram.
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Nice! Ready to come out of retirement?
@LuFins-Dad said in I spotted it. Medical stuff.:
Nice! Ready to come out of retirement?
Not just no, but hell no.
During my fellowship, I spent a month in the cath lab. I learned a lot.
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Also, what's really fascinating (to me) is all the branches off the LAD (Left Anterior Descending Coronary) that were perfused after the angioplasty.
20 years ago, this would have been an emergency open-heart operation.
I showed this to Mrs. George (former ICU/CCU nurse) who commented, "Yep, that's why we called the LAD 'The Widowmaker.'"
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@George-K You could maybe do some consulting or teaching. Any school would be lucky to have you!
