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A man in his 70s with chest pain during a bike ride

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The patient stated he had a long history of well-controlled hypertension for which he was compliant with his ACE-inhibitor. Slow TIMI 2 initially with brisk flow status post percutaneous coronary intervention with 18mm drug-eluting stent. He was also treated for erectile dysfunction but had not taken any medications recently.

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The Management of Chronic Disease

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

Fourthly, we need to educate the patient on the condition in jargon-free and reassuring language on what risk factors and lifestyle choices may have led to the development of the condition and on practical ways to modify those risk factors as aggressively as possible.