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See OMI vs. STEMI philosophy in action

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

He visited an outpatient clinic for it and an echocardiogram and exercise stress test was normal. Here is the coronary angiogram: A distal thrombotic right coronary artery (RCA) occlusion ! Here is the post-intervention angiogram and post-PCI ECG. The pain was completely resolved after coronary intervention.

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Trust the coronaries : There are benign forms of ACS too !

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

The fear comes built in with the diagnosis often amplified by young felllows on call (& often times by senior consultants as well) It may appear real, from a clinical angle, but trust, when we deal with the whole gamut of so-called ACS (other than STEMI), there is indeed a benign face in many of them.