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ECG Blog #415 — The Cath showed NO Occlusion!

Ken Grauer, MD

Shortly after arrival in the ED ( E mergency D epartment ) — she suffered a cardiac arrest. BUT — Cardiac catheterization done a little later did not reveal any significant stenosis. Figure-1: The initial ECG in today's case — obtained after successful resuscitation from cardiac arrest. ( No CP ( C hest P ain ).

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ECG Blog #434 — WHY Did this Patient Arrest?

Ken Grauer, MD

The ECG in Figure-1 — was obtained from a middle-aged man who presented to the ED ( E mergency D epartment ) in cardiac arrest. Prompt cath is therefore advised if the post-ROSC shows an acute STEMI. To Emphasize: The phenomenon of T-QRS-D is not needed in today's case to recognize the acute STEMI.

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Saddleback ST Elevation. Is it STEMI? Is it type II Brugada?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Saddleback ST Elevation is almost never STEMI 2. An inverted P-wave in lead V2 implies lead misplacement too high Saddleback in STEMI: Here are the only 2 ECGs with V2 "saddleback" that I have ever seen which really represented an LAD Occlusion: Anatomy of a Missed LAD Occlusion (classified as a NonSTEMI) A Very Subtle LAD Occlusion.T-wave

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