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A young peripartum woman with Chest Pain

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This strongly suggests reperfusing RCA ischemia. Troponins, echocardiogram An echocardiogram showed inferobasilar hypokinesis, further supporting a diagnosis of regional ischemia , likely of the area supplied by the RCA. In the absence of these factors it is termed spontaneous coronary artery dissection ( SCAD ).

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Which patient needs a CT scan?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

But it also shows a massive area of total ischemia in the LAD territory: CT shows the infarct The CT is with contrast, which increases density (which looks more white). It was not SCAD (coronary dissection) Highest troponin I was 37,000 ng/L, but it was not measured to peak. No ECG was recorded after pain resolution. 29, 2024 ).