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Normal ACS care, everything by the book! But normal ACS care could be much better. This post explains everything.

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The patient was given aspirin 325 mg and laboratory workup was initiated. Nevertheless, the operator performed intravascular ultrasound and saw erupted calcium nodule consistent with plaque erosion. Initial high sensitivity troponin I (hsTnI) was 41 ng/L (reference: 35 ng/L). Echocardiogram showed inferior hypokinesis.

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