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SGEM#370: Listen to your Heart (Score)…MACE Incidence in Non-Low Risk Patients with known Coronary Artery Disease

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: June 30th, 2022 Reference: McGinnis et al. Major adverse cardiac event rates in moderate-risk patients: Does prior coronary disease matter? Date: June 30th, 2022 Reference: McGinnis et al. Major adverse cardiac event rates in moderate-risk patients: Does prior coronary disease matter? Reference: McGinnis et al.

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OMI in a pediatric patient? Teenagers do get acute coronary occlusion, so don't automatically dismiss the idea.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Acute coronary syndrome in a pediatric patient? He did have a family history notable for early CAD. hematological disorder like sickle cell or antiphospholipid syndome, family history of CAD or hypercholesterolemia, prior history of vasculopathies such as Kawasaki Disease, MIS-C, prior cardiac surgery, etc.)

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Is OMI an ECG Diagnosis?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The ECG is just a test: a Bayesian approach to acute coronary occlusion If a patient with a recent femur fracture has sudden onset of pleuritic chest pain, shortness of breath, and hemoptysis, the D-dimer doesn’t matter: the patient’s pre-test likelihood for PE is so high that they need a CT. Amsterdam et al. Alencar et al.

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Formula Utilization

EMS 12-Lead

Moreover, he had no pertinent medical history to report in terms of CAD, HTN, HLD, or DM, for example. One cannot rely on this feature as a means of detecting changes – subtle, or dramatic – for volatile occlusive coronary thrombus. A 12 Lead ECG was recorded. Raw findings include Sinus Rhythm amidst an otherwise normal QRS.

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How does Acute Total Left Main Coronary occlusion present on the ECG?

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Post by Smith and Meyers Sam Ghali ( [link] ) just asked me (Smith): "Steve, do left main coronary artery *occlusions* (actual ones with transmural ischemia) have ST Depression or ST Elevation in aVR?" She had a proven 100% Left Main occlusion No ST shift in aVR This pattern of RBBB/LAFB was also the most common pattern in Fiol et al.

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Dark Side of the Moon

EMS 12-Lead

Furthermore, there was no family history of early CAD, MI, or sudden cardiac death. Cardiology admitted him for observation with plans for next-day coronary angiogram. He reported to EMS a medical history of GERD only. The physical exam was unremarkable for diaphoresis or pallor, and he denied any episodes of vomiting. 1] Driver, B.

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A young peripartum woman with Chest Pain

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The biphasic T wave is consistent with recent reperfusion of an occluded coronary artery supplying the inferior region. Here’s the angiogram of the RCA : No thrombus or plaque rupture in the RCA (or any coronary artery) was found. This MI wasn’t caused by a ruptured plaque of CAD - it was a coronary artery dissection of the RCA.