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How do you approach the decision of when to perform left heart catheterization in a patient with an NSTEMI who recently had an acute ischemic stroke?

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What factors influence your decision on the timing of left heart catheterization in a patient with an NSTEMI who recently had an acute ischemic stroke?

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This is a complicated question. Most acute CVA patients have non-MI troponin elevations, and I generally treat them medically. If there is a true NSTEMI associated with CVA, it requires a thoughtful approach. I generally divide my NSTEMI patients into high-risk and non-high-risk.

I will perform a di...

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