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Viral symptoms, then acute chest pain and this ECG. What do you do?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

It could also be due to pericarditis or myocarditis, but I always say that "you diagnose pericarditis at your peril." The clinical presentation is very suggestive of myo-pericarditis. But one should always remember that acute MI is a far more common pathology than myo- or pericarditis. Pericarditis?