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VF arrest at home, no memory of chest pain. Angiography non-diagnostic. Does this patient need an ICD? You need all the ECGs to know for sure.

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Given the presentation, the cardiologist stented the vessel and the patient returned to the ICU for ongoing critical care. Stated differently, the differential diagnosis for the presenting syndrome was either ventricular fibrillation due to acute coronary syndrome, or idiopathic ventricular fibrillation and bystander stable CAD.

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