Seventy-nine year old woman with a history of non-insulin requiring diabetes mellitus

Clinical History 212

Seventy-nine year old woman with a history of non-insulin requiring diabetes mellitus who was referred to the emergency room from her private physician's office in the setting of acute onset bilateral shoulder discomfort, shortness of breath and nausea. A cardiac catheterization was performed four days after her initial presentation and demonstrated advanced disease in the right coronary artery. This was successfully treated with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Medications at the time of this electrocardiogram included aspirin, metoprolol, glyburide, intravenous nitroglycerin and intravenous heparin.
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Sixty-three year old gentleman with an inferoposterior myocardial infarction six years prior to this electrocardiogram

Clinical History 210

Sixty-three year old gentleman with an inferoposterior myocardial infarction six years prior to this electrocardiogram who is admitted to the hospital for evaluation of recurrent ventricular dysrhythmias. The patient is on no current medications. A recent echocardiogram demonstrated moderate regional left ventricular systolic dysfunction with inferoposterior segment akinesis.
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Seventy-one year old woman status post a myocardial infarction twenty-five years prior

Clinical History 172

Seventy-one year old woman status post a myocardial infarction twenty-five years prior to this electrocardiogram who presents with acute onset chest discomfort. Co-morbidities include tobacco use, primary hyperthyroidism and long-standing hypertension. Serial cardiac enzyme analysis confirmed acute myocardial injury.
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Eighty-seven year old gentleman with a history of gastritis and benign prostatic hypertrophy admitted

Clinical History 80

Eighty-seven year old gentleman with a history of gastritis and benign prostatic hypertrophy admitted to the hospital with acute onset abdominal pain. The patient subsequently underwent an exploratory laparotomy for a small bowel obstruction. His past medical history is notable for a myocardial infarction twenty-six years priorto this electrocardiogram.
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Seventy-four year old woman with acute onset’chest heaviness

Clinical History 70

Seventy-four year old woman with acute onset’ chest heaviness’ who presented to the hospital with the above electrocardiogram. A subsequent cardiac catheterization demonstrated single vessel advanced narrowing of the right coronary artery. This patient underwent successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.
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Seventy-nine year old woman with a history of non-insulin requiring diabetes mellitus

Clinical History 18

Seventy-nine year old woman with a history of non-insulin requiring diabetes mellitus who was referred to the emergency room from her private physician's office in the setting of acute onset bilateral shoulder discomfort, shortness of breath and nausea. A cardiac catheterization was performed four days after her hospitalization and demonstrated advanced disease in the right coronary artery which was successfully treated with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Medications at the time of this electrocardiogram included aspirin, metoprolol, glyburide, intravenous nitroglycerin and intravenous heparin.
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