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. 2021 Jan 12;5(2):ytaa557. doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytaa557
T minus 24–48 h
  • Sleep deprived

  • Nitrous oxide use; approximately 3.3 kg (420 balloons)

  • Cannabis use (4 joints)

T minus 12 h
  • Onset of chest pain

T 0
  • Presentation emergency department

  • Electrocardiogram (ECG 1)

  • Coronary angiogram (CAG 1) and (attempt) percutaneous coronary intervention

  • Hs-troponine T 0.418 μg/L

  • Homocysteine 205 μmol/L

  • Vitamin B12 114 pmol/L

  • Folic acid 7.7 nmol/L

T plus 24 h
  • Hs-troponine T 5.35 μg/L (peak)

  • Transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE 1): reduced left ventricular ejection fraction with apical and mid septal akinesia. No evidence of right–left shunt

T plus 5 days
  • Homocysteine 86 μmol/L

  • Repeated coronary angiogram (CAG 2) including optical coherence tomography

  • Electrocardiogram (ECG 2)

  • Discharge from hospital

T plus 2 months (outpatient setting)
  • Repeated transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE 2) showing moderately reduced left ventricular function with anteroseptal wall motion abnormalities

  • No methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase-gene defects