Ischaemia and infarction
2 cases filed under ischaemia and infarction. Each opens on a tracing, asks what is on it, and ends with the reading worked through.
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Sharp central chest pain for a day, worse lying flat
Fit and well, no medication. A week of sore throat, aches and fever that was settling until the chest pain began. Sent in by the university health service. The nearest primary PCI…
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Central chest pain for two hours, still present
Left bundle branch block documented three years ago during an outpatient work-up for breathlessness; no ischaemia found at the time. Hypertension on indapamide, type 2 diabetes on…
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