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Should we activate the cath lab? A Quiz on 5 Cases.

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Smith: This bizarre ECG looks like a post cardiac arrest ECG with probable acidosis or hyperkalemia in addition to OMI. Bottom Line: Tests other than cardiac cath may be all that are needed to establish the diagnosis — but, I'd want to see a patient with this ECG as soon as would be possible. What was the pH and K?

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Unconscious + STEMI criteria: activate the cath lab?

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Prominent J waves and ventricular fibrillation caused by myocarditis and pericarditis after BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccination. Europace 2012 Shinde R, Shinde S, Makhale C, Grant P, Sathe S, Durairaj M, Lokhandwala Y, Di Diego J, Antzelevitch C. Can J Cardiol 2022 Kukla P, Jastrezebski M, Praefort W.

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