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Opiate overdose, without chest pain or shortness of breath. Cognitive dissonance.

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The 50-something patient with history of coronary stenting and slightly reduced LV ejection fraction. He awoke with naloxone. which would suggest reduced rates of major adverse cardiac events with coronary artery bypass grafting." He had been smoking an opiate and suddenly collapsed. He was ventilated with BVM on arrival.