Mr. A is a 35-year-old gentleman who visited Hardas Heart Care complaining of a severe burning sensation in his chest and pain radiating to the jaw.
The patient was instantly attended to, and his three consecutive ECGs at half-hour intervals were reported normal.
Although the troponin-test or Trop-T (it measures the levels of troponin-T or troponin-I proteins in the blood, generally released when the heart muscle are damaged and indicates a heart attack)
For this condition, the treating physician and the cardiologist agreed upon coronary evaluation by catheter angiogram, which revealed a Widow-Maker or LAD lesion (a condition where the main artery is blocked or has a critical blockage, right at the beginning of the vessel)
This was immediately identified and treated by placing a stent (Coronary Angioplasty) via the radial arterial (a major artery in the human forearm that supplies the arm and hand with oxygenated blood from the lungs) approach. This allowed the patient to ambulate immediately and resume his duties the next morning.
This is a case of schematic thinking regarding the patient’s persistent complaints and judicious judgment, which allows the successful treatment of otherwise dreadful diseases.
