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This 78-year-old male experienced a posterior myocardial infarction six years prior to this admission. Recently, he had begun to experience occasional angina. Four days prior to death, he experienced anterior chest pain and discomfort which he regarded as not too distressing. However, EKGs showed a classic acute anterior myocardial infarction in addition to the healed posterior infarct. His bloodwork also showed an elevated troponin. The patient progressively deteriorated with signs of left ventricular failure and died with arrhythmias and pulmonary edema. Pertinent laboratory data are: # Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) 60 IU/L.# Total Creatine Phosphokinase (CPK) 165 IU/L. All of the activity was due to CPK III (MM) isoenzyme fraction; no CPK (MB) activity was detectable.# Troponin I 38 µg/L.