2022 EMR STEMI 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
By Smith, peer-reviewed by Interventional Cardiologist Emre Aslanger Submitted by anonymous A 53 y.o. Here is his ED ECG at triage: Obvious high lateral OMI that does not quite meet STEMI criteria. male presents to the ED at 6:45 AM with left sided chest dull pressure that woke him up from sleep at 3am. He was started on nitro gtt.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
DECEMBER 13, 2023
I published, and Emre Aslanger externally validated, the 4-Variable formula for differentiating the ST Elevation of LAD OMI from Normal ST Elevation. Let's stretch out the QRS vertically so it is not so tiny: On upper left is the original. On the right are the precordial leads stretched vertically, so that the QRS is not tiny.
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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 13, 2022
Written by Emre Aslanger. Emre is a new Editor of the Blog. 2022 Mar-Apr;71:44-46. Epub 2022 Jan 31. PMID: 34523597. == MY Comment by K EN G RAUER, MD ( 11/13/2022 ): == Highly interesting case by Emre Aslanger. He is an interventionalist in Turkey. References Aslanger EK. J Electrocardiol. 2022.01.006.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
J Electrocardiol [Internet] 2022;Available from: [link] Cardiology opinion: Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (EF 30-35%) V Fib Cardiac arrest Prolonged QTC NSTEMI (Smith comment: is it NSTEMI or is it Takotsubo? -- these are entirely different) Moderate single-vessel CAD. Reference on Troponins: Xenogiannis I, Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, et al.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
DECEMBER 18, 2022
Written by Emre Aslanger (Emre is our newest editor. 2022 Mar-Apr;71:44-46. Epub 2022 Jan 31. Comment by K EN G RAUER, MD ( 12/18 /2022 ): = Important case with numerous diagnostic Pearls presented by Dr. Aslanger. Here are his publications.) He says that the pain intensity was 10/10 at home but now about 4/10.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
DECEMBER 22, 2022
by Emre Aslanger Dr. Aslanger is our newest editorial member. Dr. Aslanger is also the author of the DIFFOCULT study: Emre K. Take home messages: 1- In STEMI/NSTEMI paradigm you search for STE on ECG. He is an interventional cardiologist in Turkey. Here is the post-intervention angiogram and post-PCI ECG. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars.
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