2012 Ischemia STEMI 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 2, 2016
There may be ischemia present, but it is not evident on the ECG. LVH and the diagnosis of STEMI - how should we apply the current guidelines? This one mimics inferior STEMI (Figure 4): Concentric LVH, NO wall motion abnormality Case 5. How about diagnosing anterior STEMI in the setting of LVH? All troponins were negative.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MAY 5, 2024
He interprets here: "This EKG is diagnostic of right bundle branch block and transmural ischemia of the anterior wall, most likely from an occlusion of the proximal LAD. Pendell Meyers had not started medical school by summer of 2012, but he had read every one of my blog posts over the preceding 4 years. He was a paramedic at the time.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 21, 2023
ECG met STEMI criteria and was labeled STEMI by computer interpretation. J waves can also be induced by Occlusion MI (5), STEMI mimics including takotsubo and myocarditis complicated by ventricular arrhythmias (6, 7), and subarachnoid hemorrhage with VF (8). Take home : Not all STEs are STEMIs or OMIs. What do you think?
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
AUGUST 3, 2017
Computer read: "Non-specific ST abnormality, consider anterior subendocardial ischemia" There are very poor R-waves in V1-V4 suggesting old anterior MI. Firstly, subendocardial ischemia does not localize on 12-Lead ECG. But the real question at hand is: Are these precordial ST-depressions a result of subendocardial ischemia?
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
FEBRUARY 16, 2020
So Shark Fin really is just a dramatic representation of STEMI, and can be in any coronary distribution. So this is STEMI, right? Our chief of cardiology, Gautam Shroff, interprets it differently and thinks this is indeed ischemia. 109 (20):361-368, 2012 — CLICK HERE ). Which artery? Could this be myopericarditis?
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MAY 6, 2019
If it is STEMI, it would have to be RBBB with STEMI. Followup ECG: No Change Absence of evolution is the best evidence against ischemia as the etiology. I was taught that the tell-tale sign of ischemia vs an electrical abnormality was in the hx, i.e. chest pain for the ischemia and potential syncope for brugada.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MAY 8, 2023
Code STEMI was activated by the ED physician based on the diagnostic ECG for LAD OMI in ventricular paced rhythm. This was several months after the 2022 ACC Guidelines adding modified Sgarbossa criteria as a STEMI equivalent in ventricular paced rhythm). Annals of Emergency Medicine 2012; 60(12):766-776. Limkakeng AT.
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