Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2019

[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. She attributed the chest pain to anxiety and stress, saying "I'm just an anxious person." This strongly suggests reperfusing RCA ischemia.

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Dr. Anish Koka

MAY 16, 2023

This means that at every age, the probability a man complaining of chest pain has significant underlying coronary disease as a cause of this chest pain is much higher than a woman complaining of chest pain. Thanks for reading Dr. The data is overwhelming every way you can possibly look at it.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 31, 2018

About this time, the 4th troponin, drawn at 8 hours after onset of pain, peaked at 20.956 ng/mL. Now you have ECG and troponin evidence of ischemia, AND ventricular dysrhythmia, which means this is NOT a stable ACS. It they are static, then they are not due to ischemia. What is Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD)?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Case 1: 20-something woman with chest pain Case 2: 50-something man with chest pain Case 1 A 20-something yo woman presented in the middle of the night with severe crushing chest pain. No ECG was recorded after pain resolution. He had never experienced a similar pain at rest or upon exertion.

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