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How terrible can it be to fail to recognize OMI? To whom is OMI Obvious or Not Obvious?

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Given that this is before it is released into the circulation by reperfusion therapy, this is a massively elevated troponin. About 45 minutes after the second EKG, the patient was found in cardiac arrest. Later the next day, she went into cardiac arrest again. 2009;Available from: [link] 4. Heart [Internet].

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Middle Aged Woman with Asystolic Cardiac Arrest, Resuscitated: Cath Lab?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

What is the utility of a head CT in cardiac arrest? We found intracranial hemorrhage in 2% of non-traumatic cardiac arrest patients, and in 4 others the presence of cerebral edema changed management. in Vienna found that 27 of 765 (4%) of out of hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) were due to SAH.