Free Board Review Questions of the Week – Acute Coronary Syndromes

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Free board review question of the week on acute coronary syndrome

This week’s free board review question…A 58-year-old man presents with chest pain consistent with an acute coronary syndrome. Electrocardiography (ECG) is obtained (see Figure). Figure. Reproduced from Life in the Fastlane. Left main occlusion. You think that the patient is a candidate for coronary artery bypass surgery instead of an emergent percutaneous coronary intervention because of the findings you observe … Read More