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Question:
What is n-stemi?
submitted by Beverly on 7/30/2014
Answer:
by Texas Heart Institute cardiologist, Neil E. Strickman, MD
It is a condition where the patient is having severe heart pain but the EKG does not show any changes. It is very similar to a "real heart attack" in that the heart enzymes are found to be elevated in the blood. It should be treated just like a heart attack unless the blood tests are elevated because of another condition.
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Updated July 2014
