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Lowering Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events by Treating Residual Inflammatory Risk

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14,15 Similarly, the NLRP3 inflammasome has been implicated in pathogenesis as it leads to the activation of proinflammatory cytokines triggering robust proinflammatory signaling through interleukin-6 (IL-6) and inducing production of C-reactive protein (CRP), a biomarker for inflammation.16 2013;368(21):2004-2013. 12 Colchicine, 0.5

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A man in his 70s with acute chest pain and paced rhythm.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

EKG shown here: LAFB with no clear signs of OMI or ischemia. 8 , 9 The most recent American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) guidelines (2013) give no direction on diagnosing occlusion myocardial infarction in patients with ventricular paced rhythm. No labs were performed.

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Chest pain followed by 6 days of increasing dyspnea -- what happened?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Denying patients the potential benefit of revascularization just because their symptoms have lasted a certain amount of time shows poor understanding of the pathophysiology of myocardial ischemia. There were no other causes of dyspnea apparent and thus we can assume that myocardial ischemia started 6 days prior. link] [2] Oliva, P.