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OMI in a pediatric patient? Teenagers do get acute coronary occlusion, so don't automatically dismiss the idea.

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He did have a family history notable for early CAD. A final ECG was perfomed on hospital day 2: Persistent ST elevation in the inferior leads with slight reciprocal ST depression in aVL Teaching points - It is essential to consider ACS in all age groups. 2016 Apr 12;67(14):1738-49. He denied drug or alcohol use. Circulation.

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Dark Side of the Moon

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Furthermore, there was no family history of early CAD, MI, or sudden cardiac death. Smith and Meyers found that patients presenting with high-risk ACS and any ST-depression, even less than 1 mm, maximal in leads V1-V4 to be 97% specific for OMI and 96% specific for OMI requiring emergent PCI. [5] 1] Driver, B. 2] van Gorselen, E.,

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A young peripartum woman with Chest Pain

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However, a smooth tapering of the mid-RCA was seen, highlighted in red below: How do we explain the MI if no sign of CAD was found? This MI wasn’t caused by a ruptured plaque of CAD - it was a coronary artery dissection of the RCA. SCAD isn’t rare, especially in women Historically SCAD had been identified in 22% of ACS cases in women.