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High sensitivity cardiac troponins for ED chest pain evaluation (2022 ACC pathway)

ALiEM

Encourage your ED to set up an algorithm that you can follow based on your laboratory’s assay. Low-risk patients do not routinely require stress testing in the ED. You (or someone in your department) needs to know which assay your ED has, and use the appropriate values for that assay. Otherwise, apply a simplified approach.

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REBEL Core Cast 104.0 – Subtle ECGs in Acute Coronary Occlusion

REBEL EM

Sepsis) De Winters T waves are the earliest sign of an anterior wall MI but will only be present in ~ 2% of LAD infarcts Patients with Wellens Syndrome on ECG should have a cardiac cath within 24 hours, not necessarily within the first 60 minutes of ED arrival.

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Elder Male with Syncope

EMS 12-Lead

At the time of ED arrival he was alert, oriented, and verbalizing only a headache with a normalized BP. The ED activated trauma services, and a 12 Lead ECG was captured. This was deemed “non-specific” by the ED physicians. Thus, the ED admission ECG changes cannot be blamed on LVH. The fall was not a mechanical etiology.

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SGEM#421: I Think I’d Have a Heart Attack – Maybe Not in a Rural Area?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

A 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) demonstrates ST elevations in leads II, III, and aVF with ST depressions in leads I and aVL and the team begins transport to the nearest percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) capable hospital. We looked at 101 STEMI patients from two rural EDs. Reference: Stopyra et al.

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Case Report: Coronary Vasospasm-Induced Cardiac Arrest

ACEP Now

A 45-year-old male with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, amphetamine and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) use, and coronary vasospasm presented to triage with chest pain. During assessment, the patient reported that a left heart catheterization six months prior indicated spasms but no coronary artery disease.

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Dynamic OMI ECG. Negative trops and negative angiogram does not rule out coronary ischemia or ACS.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

male presents to the ED at 6:45 AM with left sided chest dull pressure that woke him up from sleep at 3am. He arrived to the ED at around 6:45am, and stated the pain has persisted. Here is his ED ECG at triage: Obvious high lateral OMI that does not quite meet STEMI criteria. The pain radiated to both shoulders.

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What does the angiogram show? The Echo? The CT coronary angiogram? How do you explain this?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

[link] Case continued She arrived in the ED and here is the first ED ECG. Angiogram No obstructive epicardial coronary artery disease Cannot exclude non-ACS causes of troponin elevation including coronary vasospasm, stress cardiomyopathy, microvascular disease, etc. Detailed coronary artery evaluation not performed.

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