Patient experiencing severe chest pain

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EMR Izaak is called to help a patient experiencing severe chest pain. When Izaak arrives, he finds that the patient is having trouble breathing. The patient tells Izaak that the pain feels like a vise in his chest and seems to radiate through his neck and left shoulder. Immediately starting high-flow oxygen, Izaak calls for Emergency Services to respond. He monitors the patient's vital signs and breathing, assuring him that help is on the way. What does Izaak MOST likely suspect his patient's condition to be? CAD MI congenital heart disease pulmonary edema.

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