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Watch what happens when "pericarditis" and morphine cloud your judgment

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

At 0800 the cardiology fellow is called to the bedside by the nurse as the patient again complains about 4/10 chest pain. Despite ongoing chest discomfort and an uptrending troponin, he never meets STEMI criteria. Free wall rupture, VSD, Dresslers Syndrome, chronic CHF, anatomic LV aneurysm, LV thrombus, stroke, etc).