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Unconscious + STEMI criteria: activate the cath lab?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

ECG met STEMI criteria and was labeled STEMI by computer interpretation. This ECG shows a sinus bradycardia with a normal conduction pattern (normal PR, normal QRS, and normal QTc), normal axis, normal R-wave progression, normal voltages. Hypothermia can also produce bradycardia and J waves, with a pseudo-STEMI pattern.

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A Patient with Vertigo

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

My Thoughts on the Initial ECG: Systematic interpretation of ECG #1 shows: Sinus bradycardia at ~55-60/minute — normal intervals ( PR-QRS-QTc ) — normal frontal plane axis ( about +20 degrees ) — no chamber enlargement. At this point — I learned a bit more about today's patient: The patient is a man who had an inferior STEMI in 2010.