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Is OMI an ECG Diagnosis?

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Written by Jesse McLaren A 70 year old with prior MIs and stents to LAD and RCA presented to the emergency department with 2 weeks of increasing exertional chest pain radiating to the left arm, associated with nausea. 2014 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes.

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A man in his 70s with weakness and syncope

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He denied chest pain or shortness of breath. In the clinical context of weakness and fever, without chest pain or shortness of breath, the likelihood of Brugada pattern is obviously much higher. Induced Brugada-type electrocardiogram, a sign for imminent malignant arrhythmias. PM Cardio digitized version.

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De Winter's T-waves are Not a Stable ECG condition. Upright T-waves in Posterior OMI are Distinct from de Winter's waves.

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This was just published in JAMA Internal Medicine: The de Winter Electrocardiogram Pattern Evolving From Hyperacute T Waves It reminded me that many believe, due to the assertions in the original de Winter's article, that de Winter's waves are stable. He was a 30-something with chest pain. Here is one case of a patient I saw.

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

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A middle-aged woman with history of hypertension presented to another hospital approximately 2 hours after onset of chest pain and shortness of breath. Early Continuous ST Segment Monitoring in Unstable Angina: Prognostic Value Additional to the Clinical Characteristics and the Admission Electrocardiogram. mm STE in V1 and 1.5-2.0

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90 year old with acute chest and epigastric pain, and diffuse ST depression with reciprocal STE in aVR: activate the cath lab?

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The best course is to wait until the anatomy is defined by angio, then if proceeding to PCI, add Cangrelor (an IV P2Y12 inhibitor) I sent the ECG and clinical information of a 90-year old with chest pain to Dr. McLaren. All electrocardiograms (ECGs) and coronary angiograms were blindly analyzed by experienced cardiologists.