2019 ACS CAD 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
DECEMBER 5, 2023
He did have a family history notable for early CAD. A final ECG was perfomed on hospital day 2: Persistent ST elevation in the inferior leads with slight reciprocal ST depression in aVL Teaching points - It is essential to consider ACS in all age groups. He denied drug or alcohol use. ng/mL (ULN 16,000 ng/L, mildly elevated CRP of 8.4
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
APRIL 9, 2024
By Magnus Nossen This ECG is from a young man with no risk factors for CAD, he presented with chest pain. ACS then becomes less likely. Before the lab values returned this patient had a n emergent coronary CT angiogram done that ruled out CAD. How would you assess this ECG? How confident are you in your assessment?
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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 24, 2019
However, a smooth tapering of the mid-RCA was seen, highlighted in red below: How do we explain the MI if no sign of CAD was found? This MI wasn’t caused by a ruptured plaque of CAD - it was a coronary artery dissection of the RCA. SCAD isn’t rare, especially in women Historically SCAD had been identified in 22% of ACS cases in women.
EMS 12-Lead
APRIL 8, 2022
Furthermore, there was no family history of early CAD, MI, or sudden cardiac death. Smith and Meyers found that patients presenting with high-risk ACS and any ST-depression, even less than 1 mm, maximal in leads V1-V4 to be 97% specific for OMI and 96% specific for OMI requiring emergent PCI. [5] 3] Niu, T., 4] Yang, T.,
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
The fire department, who operate at an EMT level in this municipality, arrived before us and administered 324 mg of baby aspirin to the patient due to concern for ACS. Just because you don't see hemodynamically significant CAD on angiogram does not mean it is not OMI. I could have told you this (and did tell you this) without an MRI.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
DECEMBER 13, 2019
Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his late 40s with several ACS risk factors presented with a chief complaint of chest pain. The cardiologists felt that the ECG did not represent ACS, and thought it was more likely pericarditis, so they did not take him to the cath lab. His first troponin T then resulted elevated at 0.19
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MARCH 6, 2019
She did not receive any opioids (which would mask her pain without affecting any underlying ACS). I believe this is by far the most common outcome for this patient around the world in 2019. She also had non-acute CAD of the left main (50%) and LCX (75%). What will you do for this asymptomatic patient??? They opened it.
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