Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Well, don't we see diffuse ST Elevation in Myo-pericarditis (with STD in aVR)? 109 (20):361-368, 2012 — CLICK HERE ). But it is very distinct from hyperkalemia (and anything else, including VT), and such confusion can only be due to lack of familiarity, because, if you look closely, its morpholgoy is very different from anything else.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2023

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. In ECG #5 — Isn't there excessive ST segment straightening with slight ST depression in leads V2-thru-V5?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 21, 2023

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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Global Cardiac Surgery

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Together, they have operated nine Patent Ductus Arteriosus and two Chronic Constrictive Pericarditis between 2012 and 2015. During the first AFMED conference in 2012, Dr Nzomvuama talked about the current state and future of cardiothoracic surgery in the DRC.

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