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"A patient just arrived as a transfer for NSTEMI."

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

I quickly reviewed the patient’s records and saw that she was a 53 year old woman with a history of BMI 40, but no other identifiable risk factors for coronary artery disease. The final diagnosis was spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) starting in the mid LAD and continuing distally where it wraps around the apex.

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