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Occlusion myocardial infarction is a clinical diagnosis

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Occlusion myocardial infarction is a clinical diagnosis Written by Willy Frick (@Willyhfrick). Recall from this post referencing this study that "reciprocal STD in aVL is highly sensitive for inferior OMI (far better than STEMI criteria) and excludes pericarditis, but is not specific for OMI." & Zieman, S. link] Bischof, J.

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A Patient with Respiratory Failure and a Computer "Normal" ECG

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

You do NOT see this in normal variant STE, nor in pericarditis. Here is data from a study we published in 2014 for type II NonSTEMI: Sandoval Y. Cardiac Troponin Changes to Distinguish Type 1 and Type 2 Myocardial Infarction and 180-Day Mortality Risk. First was 2.9 ng/mL and subsequentle dropped to 1.5 Murakami M.