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A 68-year-old woman with myocardial infarction who underwent coronary stenting died on the fourth hospital day after developing hypotension, bradycardia, and cardiac arrest.
A case report detailing the fatal clinical course of a 68-year-old woman who suffered cardiac arrest four days after undergoing coronary stenting for a myocardial infarction.
Fatal post-MI arrest after stenting cautions against reduced monitoring; leaves open optimal surveillance protocols.
A 68-year-old woman was transferred to this hospital because of substernal chest pain. An ECG showed evidence of MI. Coronary angiography was performed, with stenting of an occluded coronary artery. On the fourth hospital day, hypotension, bradycardia, and cardiac arrest occurred, and the patient died.
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Picard et al. (2010) studied this question. A 68-year-old woman with myocardial infarction who underwent coronary stenting died on the fourth hospital day after developing hypotension, bradycardia, and cardiac arrest.
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