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Hi everyone, this is John Mandrola from the Heart.org Medscape Cardiology and this is this week in

Cardiology for December 11th, 2020. This week a correction, COVID, the clogged pipe framing of coronary artery disease,

Pacletaxyl, and atrial fibrillation and Goodheart's law. Now first the correction. Last week I misspoke at about 12

minutes into the podcast. I was discussing type 1 and type 2 mIs and was

referring to definitions laid out in the fourth universal definition of

M. I will link to. In a brief review, there are essentially three categories of

Trapon elevation in MI.

First, there's Type 1 MI, and this is due to plaque rupture.

It's an acute syndrome of either STEMI or non-S STEMI.

Type 2-MI is a Trapponan release from acute myocardial

schemia due to a mismatch in oxygen supply and demand.

Examples of type 2-mI include coronary spasm, dissection, a sustained tachicardia, severe

anemia, or hypoxia.

The third category is acute or chronic myocardial injury due to conditions like say

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