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Opiate overdose, without chest pain or shortness of breath. Cognitive dissonance.

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which would suggest reduced rates of major adverse cardiac events with coronary artery bypass grafting." On the other hand, stable EKG over an hour in the setting of ongoing acute coronary syndrome is again unusual. 2 days later This is a typical LVH pattern, without ischemia Patient underwent 4 vessel CABG.

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An athletic 30-something woman with acute substernal chest pressure

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These are reperfusion T-waves (the same thing as Wellens' waves) Echocardiogram Regional wall motion abnormality-distal septum and apex. Regional wall motion abnormality-distal inferior wall. ECG recorded at time 38 hours: A further evolutionary stage of T-wave inversion.

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Diffuse Subendocardial Ischemia on the ECG. Left main? 3-vessel disease? No!

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A transthoracic echocardiogram showed an LV EF of less than 15%, critically severe aortic stenosis , severe LVH , and a small LV cavity. The patient was transported to the CCU for further medical optimization where a pulmonary artery catheter was placed. Aortic angiogram did not reveal aortic dissection.

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Are there hyperacute T-waves? And how can we know?

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Case continued Troponins over 26 hours, from right to left : Echocardiogram: Mild concentric left ventricular wall thickening, normal cavity size, and normal systolic function. You can see here that only lead II had HATW (as indicated by the red) We still have a lot of refinement to do to improve this system. Smith: not sure why that is.

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Pulmonary edema, with tachycardia and OMI on the ECG -- what is going on?

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More troponin values were measured at the cardiac center: 2327- 267 ng/L 0821- 355 ng/L 1108- 305 ng/L An echocardiogram on day three of the patients admission showed an ejection fraction of 46% with abnormal basal inferior and basal lateral segments, and severe aortic stenosis. Two months later, she had her surgery, which was successful.