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as inthis case of cocaine-induced vasospasm. However, it is safer to assume the worst (i.e. critical LAD stenosis) and work the patient up for an angiogram.
We utilise “STEMI criteria” in everyday practice but conveniently ignore the 2.5mm STE on the ECG of a 30-year-old male with benign sounding chest pain, whilst scrutinising over the trace STE in an 80-year-old female with ischaemic-sounding chest pain. The term “STEMI equivalent” is a...