2019, Chest Pain and SCAD - Cardiovascular Update

Healthy 45-year-old with chest pain: early repolarization, pericarditis or injury?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

A healthy 45-year-old female presented with chest pain, with normal vitals. The patient was previously healthy, with no atherosclerotic risk factors, and developed chest pain after an episode of stress. The pain was crushing retrosternal, radiated to the arms and was associated with lightheadedness.

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Chest Pain Pericarditis SCAD STEMI

A young peripartum woman with Chest Pain

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2019

[link] A 30 year-old woman was brought to the ED with chest pain. She had given birth a week ago, and she had similar chest pain during her labor. She attributed the chest pain to anxiety and stress, saying "I'm just an anxious person." Fibromuscular dysplasia is a much more common trigger for SCAD.

Chest Pain

Chest Pain SCAD STEMI Cardiogenic Shock

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Healthy 45-year-old with chest pain: early repolarization, pericarditis or injury?

A young peripartum woman with Chest Pain

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