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The Expert Witness re-visits a chest pain Malpractice case using the Queen of Hearts

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

See this post: Septal STEMI with ST elevation in V1 and V4R, and reciprocal ST depression in V5, V6. She was successfully defibrillated and taken back to the ED. They also sued both EMTs for allegedly not starting chest compressions and defibrillating quickly enough. Also seen in inferior + RV OMI.) The family sued.

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Upon arrival to the emergency department, a senior emergency physician looked at the ECG and said "Nothing too exciting."

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

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. She was defibrillated and resuscitated. This has resulted in an under-representation of STEMI MINOCA patients in the literature. From Gue at al.