JAMES BECKERMAN, M.D.

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November 11th, 2013

Case: An Ironman with a Proximal Circumflex Lesion

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A 48-year-old man who runs 4 to 6 Ironman races per year reports non-exertional chest pain and is referred for a stress echocardiogram. His two sisters suffered MIs and died in their fifties, and his brother underwent CABG at age 49. The patient goes for 17 minutes on the Bruce stress protocol, with lateral and anterolateral wall […]