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Is OMI an ECG Diagnosis?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Non-STEMI guidelines call for “urgent/immediate invasive strategy is indicated in patients with NSTE-ACS who have refractory angina or hemodynamic or electrical instability,” regardless of ECG findings.[1] 2014 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes. Circulation 2014 2.

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What will you do for this patient transferred to you who is now asymptomatic?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This is surprisingly common, and several studies of continuous 12-lead ECG monitoring in the setting of admitted unstable angina report high rates (15%) of silent transient myocardial ischemia (ST elevation), and that these findings were strong independent predictors of MI or death during hospitalization. Patel et al., Krucoff et al.)

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