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What does the angiogram show? The Echo? The CT coronary angiogram? How do you explain this?

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Angiogram No obstructive epicardial coronary artery disease Cannot exclude non-ACS causes of troponin elevation including coronary vasospasm, stress cardiomyopathy, microvascular disease, etc. hours All Hyperacute T-wave and ST Depression is resolved. Lindahl et al. References: 1.

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Upon arrival to the emergency department, a senior emergency physician looked at the ECG and said "Nothing too exciting."

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Hospital Course The patient was taken emergently to the cath lab which did not reveal any significant coronary artery disease, but she was noted to have reduced EF consistent with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Myocardial Infarction With Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries (MINOCA): The Past, Present, and Future Management [Internet].

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