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So this is for the residents or others who have some real experience looking at post-MI myocardium. If a patient died 3 hours after an MI, could an experienced pathologist see myocardial changes at the light microscopy level? Robbins (7th ed) is kinda vague about this. On pg 579 a table says "usually none", but a figure on pg 581 puts the beginnings of coagulation necrosis right around the 3-3.5 hour mark. So I'll be curious to hear what those of ya'll with experience at this have to say on the topic.