Acute Coronary Syndrome — STEMI vs NSTEMI, and the ECG traps that fail candidates

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Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) spans STEMI (ST elevation, complete coronary occlusion, emergency reperfusion), NSTEMI (troponin-positive, no ST elevation), and unstable angina (troponin-negative). Full topic, figures, and citations: https://medvellum.com/topics/acute-coronary-syndrome Chapters 00:00 The one-line answer 01:05 Meet the patient 01:42 Red flags 03:32 The ECG-and-troponin fork — three faces 05:03 How common, who, and why the plaque ruptures 05:36 The killers that mimic ACS — exclude the dissection first 06:33 Ten minutes, ninety minutes, two hours — the time-critical numbers 09:12…

• Duration 1:14Acute Coronary Syndrome — STEMI reperfusion pathway1 Sept 2026