Case 1:

JF is a 42-year old previously healthy farmer who presented with sudden onset central chest pain of one hour duration to the ED. The pain is associated with sweating and radiates to the left arm and jaw. The area of discomfort is about the size of the fist.

Ragavendra R. Baliga, M.D
Assistant Professor
Division of Cardiology
University Of Michigan

 

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On examination his heart rate is 90 beats per minute, blood pressure is 140/100 mm Hg, he has normal heart sounds and his lungs are clear to auscultation.

This EKG shows that this patient has an inferior wall myocardial infarction.

 

 
 
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