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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. This is written by Brooks Walsh. link] A 30 year-old woman was brought to the ED with chest pain. She had given birth a week ago, and she had similar chest pain during her labor.

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Occlusion myocardial infarction is a clinical diagnosis

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She contacted her neighbor, a nurse, for help. Immediate versus delayed invasive intervention for non-stemi patients. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions , 9 (6), 541–549. She eventually fell back asleep, and woke up feeling normal the next day (the day of presentation). The patient presented to triage at around 10 PM.