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Occlusion myocardial infarction is a clinical diagnosis

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

She contacted her neighbor, a nurse, for help. Both the outdated 2014 AHA/ACC guidelines and the updated 2023 ESC guidelines recommend immediate invasive management of patients with uncontrolled chest pain. Here is the angiogram after stent placement. The patient presented to triage at around 10 PM. Kontos, M. Levine, G.

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Watch what happens when "pericarditis" and morphine cloud your judgment

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Submitted and written by Alex Bracey with edits by Pendell Meyers and Steve Smith Case A 50ish year old man with a history of CAD w/ prior LAD MI s/p LAD stenting presented to the ED with chest pain similar to his prior MI, but worse. The patient underwent successful placement of one drug eluting stent with restoration of TIMI 3 flow.