Potential significance of patients high blood pressure

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Given Mr. Jackson's previous MI and coronary artery stent placement from five years ago, how would you initially approach his care?

- What is the potential significance of the patient's high blood pressure and elevated heart rate given his current signs and symptoms?

- How might the presence of atrial fibrillation, lower extremity edema, crackles auscultated in lung lobes, and reduced ejection fraction on the echocardiogram be connected?

- What implications does the diagnosis of atrial fibrillation have for the patient's overall treatment plan, such as medication changes or lifestyle recommendations?

- Why is Mr. Jackson's troponin elevated but his CK-MB is normal?

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