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A 55-year-old male asked:

My triponin levels were at 5.0 in the er and remained up overnite. no damage shown on ekg, is a mild heart attack possible? clogged secondary arterie

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Dr. Chad Boomershineanswered

Rheumatology 21 years experience

Heart attack by def: Elevated troponin indicates you did have a heart attack by definition.

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Dr. Mario Matos-Cruzanswered

Thoracic Surgery 41 years experience

NONSTEMI: It appears you had a non s-t elevation myocardial infarct or subendocardial infarct. The consequences of which to be determined by serial echocardiography, cardiac catheterization(unless recently done).

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