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7 steps to missing posterior Occlusion MI, and how to avoid them

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Sinus bradycardia, normal conduction, normal axis, normal R wave progression, no hypertrophy. It was a 60yo with a history of stents to the circumflex and right coronary arteries, who presented with 9 hours of fluctuating central chest pain. Circulation 2014 7. -- McLaren JTT, Meyers HP, Smith SW, Chartier LB. What do you think?

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Patient is informed of her husband's death: is it OMI or it stress cardiomyopathy?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Within ten minutes, she developed bradycardia, hypotension, and ST changes on monitor. Bradycardia and heart block are very common in RCA OMI. After stent deployment, we often see improvement in the ST-T within seconds or minutes. Here is the final angiogram following placement of a stent in the ostial RCA. Virmani, R.,