Diagnose this patient: - 67 year old obese woman - patient - Eats a lot of junk food and drinks wine frequently - Doesn't excersize - Father passed away from heart attack and mother has type 2 diabetes and hypertension - Patient has had hypertension for a few years taking beta blockers - Experiences shortness of breath and pain in the chest when walking but when the patient sits down she feels fine - light headed, weak, nauseous, dizzy, - ECG shows the patient has high ST elevation and blood test shows high levels of myocardium-specific troponin in her blood - The patient is given heparin intravenously as well as an anti-platelet and a fibrinolytic drug What is the diagnosis and why did symptoms disappear when the patient sat down?
Diagnose this patient:
- 67 year old obese woman - patient
- Eats a lot of junk food and drinks wine frequently
- Doesn't excersize
- Father passed away from heart attack and mother has type 2 diabetes and hypertension
- Patient has had hypertension for a few years taking beta blockers
- Experiences shortness of breath and pain in the chest when walking but when the patient sits down she feels fine
- light headed, weak, nauseous, dizzy,
- ECG shows the patient has high ST elevation and blood test shows high levels of myocardium-specific troponin in her blood
- The patient is given heparin intravenously as well as an anti-platelet and a fibrinolytic drug
What is the diagnosis and why did symptoms disappear when the patient sat down?
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