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Figure 1. Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction due to ischemic cardiomyopathy in a patient with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes. 57-year-old female patient with a history of uncontrolled type-2 diabetes (HbA1c = 12.0) and active tobacco abuse presented with a 2-day history of intermittent midsternal chest pain. (A) Her ECG on presentation demonstrated findings of acute/recent anteroseptal myocardial infarct and old/age indeterminate inferior myocardial infarct, and her serum troponin I was markedly elevated. (B and C) Her echocardiography revealed a dilated left ventricle with severely reduced systolic function, an ejection fraction of 20-25%, and akinetic anterior and inferior wall segments. Her coronary angiography, which was performed emergently, demonstrated subacute occlusion of the proximal segment of the anterior descending artery (arrow in image D) and chronic total occlusion of the middle segment of the right coronary artery (arrow in image E).