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"A patient just arrived as a transfer for NSTEMI."

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions , 7(5), 645–655. Learning Points: Type 1 MI is the type we are most familiar with: rupture of atherosclerotic plaque with production thrombus or platelet fibrin aggregates. Buller, C. Starovoytov, A., Robinson, S., Vuurmans, T., Humphries, K., & & Mancini, G.

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Patient is informed of her husband's death: is it OMI or it stress cardiomyopathy?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

In my review of the literature, there are many articles which purport to demonstrate an acutely increased risk of plaque rupture from emotional stress, but I could not find any credible case reports that were not at least as likely to be takotsubo. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions , 82 (6), 909913. SanzRuiz, R.,