A clinical case presentation of a 71-year-old man with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and hypotension 10 days after ICD placement.
Alerts clinicians to post-ICD coronary events with shock; leaves open incidence, mechanisms, and prevention strategies.
A 71-year-old man presented with sudden chest pain, diaphoresis, shortness of breath, and hypotension. An electrocardiogram showed new ST-segment elevations. Ten days earlier, an implantable cardioverter–defibrillator had been placed. Diagnostic procedures were performed.
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