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A young peripartum woman with Chest Pain

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It had started just after nursing her newborn, about an hour prior, and she described it as a severe non-pleuritic “pressure” radiating to the back. Troponins, echocardiogram An echocardiogram showed inferobasilar hypokinesis, further supporting a diagnosis of regional ischemia , likely of the area supplied by the RCA.

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Occlusion myocardial infarction is a clinical diagnosis

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

She contacted her neighbor, a nurse, for help. Her contrast enhanced echocardiogram is shown below in the parasternal short axis view. Immediate versus delayed invasive intervention for non-stemi patients. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions , 9 (6), 541–549. The patient presented to triage at around 10 PM.