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A woman in her 30s with sudden chest pain, nausea, and diaphoresis. Was her cardiology management appropriate?

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Immediate and early percutaneous coronary intervention in very high-risk and high-risk non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction patients. Currently, SCAD is a diagnosis that can only be established emergently in the cath lab with angiography. 21, 2020 post — Optimal Use of Lead aVL for predicting the "culprit" artery ).

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1 hour of CPR, then ECMO circulation, then successful defibrillation.

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MINOCA: Myocardial Infarction in the Absence of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease). Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) should be considered as a cause of MINOCA. 24, 2020 post ( link to that post given above ). I believe the latter (type II STEMI) is most likely. What is MINOCA?