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A member asked:
Can you have a heart attack with a normal ekg?
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For sure: You betcha! the medical adage is: treat people, not ekgs! depending on what part of the heart is involved, the ekg may entirely normal. Moreover, it is common for ekgs that are destined to become abnormal to be normal early in the course of a heart attack. Commonly we obtain daily ("serial") ekgs in suspicious circumstances looking for changes that can be subtle.
Answered 9/4/2016
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Yes: Specially if it is a non st elevation myocardial infarction.
Answered 8/2/2012
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