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Patient is informed of her husband's death: is it OMI or it stress cardiomyopathy?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Angiography was technically challenging as the patient was receiving CPR, but the cardiologist suspected acute stent thrombosis and initiated cangrelor, although no repeat angiography was able to be obtained. Just a few weeks ago, I took care of a patient who had ostial RCA OMI (TIMI 0 at cath) and his only complaint was syncope!