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A young peripartum woman with Chest Pain

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This strongly suggests reperfusing RCA ischemia. Troponins, echocardiogram An echocardiogram showed inferobasilar hypokinesis, further supporting a diagnosis of regional ischemia , likely of the area supplied by the RCA. In the absence of these factors it is termed spontaneous coronary artery dissection ( SCAD ).

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An athletic 30-something woman with acute substernal chest pressure

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Now you have ECG and troponin evidence of ischemia, AND ventricular dysrhythmia, which means this is NOT a stable ACS. These are reperfusion T-waves (the same thing as Wellens' waves) Echocardiogram Regional wall motion abnormality-distal septum and apex. It they are static, then they are not due to ischemia.

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