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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. In this patient with stuttering symptoms and rising troponin, there is no other option but to perform emergent coronary angiography.

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