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A young peripartum woman with Chest Pain

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

[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." Fibromuscular dysplasia is a much more common trigger for SCAD.

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Which patient needs a CT scan?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

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. It was not SCAD (coronary dissection) Highest troponin I was 37,000 ng/L, but it was not measured to peak.