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Anatomy

Coronary Angiogram

Thrombosis

A teenager with chest pain, a troponin below the limit of detection, and "benign early repolarization"

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

Young people can suffer acute coronary occlusion, whether by typical atherosclerotic plaque rupture, or by coronary anomalies, coronary aneurysms, dissections, spasm, etc. The wall motion abnormalities of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and LAD OMI can be similar. Was this coincidence? —

Chest Pain

Chest Pain Aneurysm STEMI Thrombosis

90 year old with acute chest and epigastric pain, and diffuse ST depression with reciprocal STE in aVR: activate the cath lab?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The best course is to wait until the anatomy is defined by angio, then if proceeding to PCI, add Cangrelor (an IV P2Y12 inhibitor) I sent the ECG and clinical information of a 90-year old with chest pain to Dr. McLaren. All electrocardiograms (ECGs) and coronary angiograms were blindly analyzed by experienced cardiologists.

Ischemia

Ischemia STEMI Stenosis Coronary Artery Disease

Cardiovascular Update

A teenager with chest pain, a troponin below the limit of detection, and "benign early repolarization"

90 year old with acute chest and epigastric pain, and diffuse ST depression with reciprocal STE in aVR: activate the cath lab?

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