Patient has COPD, pericarditis, and emphysema.
One of the dx listed s/l "demand type" myocardial infarction.
This is for a cardiology followup note.
TIA ...
1, MRI of the brain negative for visible acute infarction. No "interphernal" hemorrhage, mass or mass affect. IT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE INTERCRANIAL.
2. The patient has a scattered abnormal "signal" on the periventricular and subcortical white matter.............
TIA ...
The doc is saying: The patient had prior bypass surgery with coronary stenting done about three years ago following an s/l "Orson" myocardial perfusion study. TIA ...