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A teenager with chest pain, a troponin below the limit of detection, and "benign early repolarization"

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This case reminds me of this 27 year old totally healthy nurse who was previously healthy, presented with acute pulmonary edema and the below ECG that is diagnostic of proximal LAD occlusion, and was dismissed because of her age. Pericarditis? This gets drilled into them. 24 yo woman with chest pain: Is this STEMI?