Polycythemia Vera Presenting as ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

An 80-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, pre-diabetes, chronic kidney disease (stage 3b), and a remote ischemic stroke without residual deficits presented to the emergency department complaining of several hours of epigastric discomfort and malaise. An electrocardiogram (EKG) performed at triage revealed normal sinus rhythm with>1 mm ST segment elevation in leads V4-6 and lead 1, reciprocal ST depression in aVR, and Q waves in V1 and V2 (Figure 1). The troponin I was elevated to 1.66 ng/mL (reference range
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Diagnostic Dilemma Source Type: research