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ECG Changes in Intracranial Hemorrhage

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ECG changes resembling ST elevation myocardial infarction has also been described after traumatic intracranial hemorrhage [4]. Excess of catecholamines can damage myocytes directly and can also lead to generalized spasm of coronary arteries and even consequent actual myocardial infarction [5]. 2009 Nov;40(11):3478-84.

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Which patient has the more severe chest pain?

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See these 2 articles Association between pre-hospital chest pain severity and myocardial injury in ST elevation myocardial infarction: A post-hoc analysis of the AVOID study Author links open overlay panel [link] 1 Background We sought to determine if an association exists between prehospital chest pain severity and markers of myocardial injury.

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Septal STEMI with ST elevation in V1 and V4R, and reciprocal ST depression in V5, V6

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Below is from a quote from part of a piece on aVR which I wrote for Current Emergency and Hospital Medical Reports: " Updates on the electrocardiogram in Acute Coronary Syndromes. " 2009) similarly found that STE in aVR correlated with proximal (vs. This study used MRI to show the LAD supply to the RV. How about STE in aVR ?

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Precordial ST depression. What is the diagnosis?

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Blackwell Publishing 2009. New electrocardiographic criteria for posterior wall acute myocardial ischemia validated by a percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty model of acute myocardial infarction. William Brady and JD Truwit, editors. Smith SW as editor of section on Acute Coronary Syndromes).

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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

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Abnormal Electrocardiogram (ECG): Defined (San Fran syncope rule) as any new changes when compared to the last ECG or presence of non-sinus rhythm. Yield of Diagnostic Tests in Evaluating Syncopal Episodes in Older Patients Arch Intern Med 2009 Jul 27; 169:1299-1305. Arch Intern Med 2009 Jul 27; 169:1262. Sivilotti, M.,