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Patient Is Admitted Through the ER,presenting with Acute Chest Pain

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Patient is admitted through the ER,presenting with acute chest pain.The patient has a history of COPD and pneumonia as well as type II DM with diabetic neuropathy.He has a history of hypertension and gout for which he takes meds.He is currently smoking about one pack per day.After study it is determined that patient has had an acute anterolateral wall infarct.He is taken to the cath lab for a PTCA with the insertion of a drug eluting stent of the LAD.


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