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Perioperative care and anesthesia
A practice question in the style of the MCCQE MCQ exam. Choose your answer to see the explanation.
A patient has a troponin rise on day 2 after surgery without chest pain. What is the term for this?
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The answer is E: MINS.
Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery is common, often silent, and linked to higher 30-day death.
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