A 29-year-old athlete presents with sharp, pleuritic chest pain that improves leaning forward. ECG shows diffuse ST-segment elevation with PR depressi...

Question

A 29-year-old athlete presents with sharp, pleuritic chest pain that improves leaning forward. ECG shows diffuse ST-segment elevation with PR depression; troponin is normal. Which treatment is appropriate?

Accepted Answer

High-dose NSAIDs and colchicine

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Immediate fibrinolysis

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Routine antibiotics

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Heparin infusion

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Urgent coronary angiography

us-usmle-step-2 MCQ (SBA): Acute Pericarditis

A 29-year-old athlete presents with sharp, pleuritic chest pain that improves leaning forward. ECG shows diffuse ST-segment elevation with PR depression; troponin is normal. Which treatment is appropriate?