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Concerning EKG with a Non-obstructive angiogram. What happened?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

[link] A 62 year old man with a history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and carotid artery stenosis called 911 at 9:30 in the morning with complaint of chest pain. EMS obtained the following vital signs: pulse 50, respiratory rate 16, blood pressure 96/49. cTnI drawn at the same was 0.011 ng/mL (ref.

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Acute artery occlusion -- which one?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

When EMS found her, she was dyspneic and diaphoretic. The conventional machine algorithm interpreted this ECG as STEMI. See this post of RV MI with both McConnell sign and "D" sign: Inferior and Posterior STEMI. Figure-1: I've labeled the initial ECG in today's case. Her ECG is shown below: What do you think?

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TIMI Risk Score for STEMI, NSTEMI and unstable Angina

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Guidelines recommend the use of validated risk models to estimate the risk of acute myocardial infarction , 30-days and 1-year mortality in patients with NSTE-ACS. TIMI Risk Scores for NSTE-ACS (NSTEMI, UA) and STE-ACS ( STEMI ) can be calculated below. TIMI, GRACE and PURSUIT are such risk models. Circulation.

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A woman in her 70s with bradycardia and hypotension

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Her family called EMS and EMS recorded hypotension and this ECG: What do you think? There is STE in III and aVF which does not meet STEMI criteria due to insufficient STE in lead aVF. Another ECG was obtained during pacing: Mostly paced rhythm with PVCs (#3, #6, #9, #12). This is an obvious inferoposterior OMI.

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A 58 year old with Weakness and more than 4 mm ST Elevation in V3

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Here it is: The computer reads STEMI What do you think? More from the medic: "LifePak 15 interpretation was STEMI. My response: "I think it is very worrisome for STEMI." It meets STEMI criteria even for a male under age 40, with STE 2.84 No history, meds, or risk factors. Pattern looked to be BER. mm in V2 and 4.08

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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

This case was provided by Spencer Schwartz, an outstanding paramedic at Hennepin EMS who is on Hennepin EMS's specialized "P3" team, a team that receives extra training in advanced procedures such as RSI, thoracostomy, vasopressors, and prehospital ultrasound. Reference on Troponins: Xenogiannis I, Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, et al.

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30 yo woman with trapezius pain. HEART Pathway = 0. Computer "Normal" ECG. Reality: ECG is Diagnostic of LAD Occlusion.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

EMS recorded these prehospital ECGs: Time 0: In V2-V4, there is ST elevation that does not meet STEMI "criteria," of 1.5 If you use something like the HEART score: 1. E EKG: a negative ECG (score = 0) 3. She was having a transient STEMI, briefly. Learning Points : 1. She called 911. A Age: = 0 4.

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