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Watch what happens when "pericarditis" and morphine cloud your judgment

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Free wall rupture, VSD, Dresslers Syndrome, chronic CHF, anatomic LV aneurysm, LV thrombus, stroke, etc). This transient occlusion can happen repeatedly without even making a troponin if the episodes are brief enough, and this type of stuttering event is what used to be the meaning of the term unstable angina. Teaching points: 1.