Patient stops all preventive drugs and precipitates a medical emergency

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Patient stops all preventive drugs and precipitates a medical emergency

Chris Ellis

Chris Ellis

ECG

Despite a previous myocardial infarction, your patient stops all of his secondary prevention and two weeks later presents to you clutching at his chest. Auckland cardiologist Chris Ellis discusses the features of his ECG and immediate management

A 60-year-old man is driven to your surgery by his wife. He has a past history of an inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) some three ye