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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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Heart attack by def: Elevated troponin indicates you did have a heart attack by definition.
Answered 10/21/2013
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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).
Answered 4/10/2014
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