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"Pericarditis" strikes again

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Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his late 40s with several ACS risk factors presented with a chief complaint of chest pain. The cardiologists felt that the ECG did not represent ACS, and thought it was more likely pericarditis, so they did not take him to the cath lab. in the ICU but survived with excellent function.

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What will you do for this patient transferred to you who is now asymptomatic?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

She did not receive any opioids (which would mask her pain without affecting any underlying ACS). She also had non-acute CAD of the left main (50%) and LCX (75%). By the time the patient arrived at our facility, she had received aspirin and nitroglycerin, and her pain had apparently completely resolved. They opened it.

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