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. Smith , d and Muzaffer Değertekin a DIFOCCULT: DIagnostic accuracy oF electrocardiogram for acute coronary OCClUsion resuLTing in myocardial infarction. He is an interventional cardiologist in Turkey.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 31, 2020

Yet despite this remarkable flaw in the STEMI-paradigm — a substantial number ( if not a frank majority ) of clinicians continue to apply outdated criteria when interpreting ECGs, by refusing to consider prompt cath for definitive diagnosis and reperfusion therapy just because a millimeter-based definition for acute STEMI is not satisfied.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 21, 2023

But STEMI criteria has poor sensitivity for acute coronary occlusion. Like the initial hemoglobin level in acute hemorrhage, the initial troponin in acute coronary occlusion can be falsely reassuring. Smith : the definition of MI is based on clinical criteria and troponin.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Hospital Course The patient was taken emergently to the cath lab which did not reveal any significant coronary artery disease, but she was noted to have reduced EF consistent with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Such cases are classified as MINOCA (Myocardial Infarction with Non-Obstructed Coronary Arteries). It can only be seen by IVUS.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Written by Emre Aslanger (Emre is our newest editor. Although not striking, this is clearly a diagnostic ECG for infero"posterior" myocardial infarction due to coronary occlusion (OMI), most likely due to left circumflex (LCx) artery occlusion. mm STE even in the fourth universal definition of myocardial infarction.

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