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Written by Jesse McLaren, with comments from Smith and Grauer A 60 year old presented with three weeks of intermittent non-exertional chestpain without associated symptoms. A prospective validation of the HEART score for chestpain patients at the emergency department. Lancet 2015 6. Int J Cardiol 2013 2.
A 70-year-old man calls 911 after experiencing sudden, severe chestpain. Computer read: "Non-specific ST abnormality, consider anterior subendocardial ischemia" There are very poor R-waves in V1-V4 suggesting old anterior MI. Firstly, subendocardial ischemia does not localize on 12-Lead ECG. Neth Heart J.
A 50-something male who is healthy and active with no previous medical history presented with 5 hours of continuous worrisome chestpain. Chestpain with New LBBB: It helps to actually measure the ST/S ratio A Fascinating Demonstration of ST/S Ratio in LBBB and Resolving LAD Ischemia The cath lab was activated.
Written by Willy Frick A man in his 50s with a history of hypertension, dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and prior inferior OMI status post DES to his proximal RCA 3 years prior presented to the emergency department at around 3 AM complaining of chestpain onset around 9 PM the evening prior. The following ECG was obtained.
It was edited by Smith CASE : A 52-year-old male with a past medical history of hypertension and COPD summoned EMS with complaints of chestpain, weakness and nausea. The ECG cannot diagnose the etiology of ischemia; it only the presence of ischemia, from whatever etiology.
Chest trauma was suspected on initial exam. The ECG shows sinus tachycardia with RBBB and LAFB, without clear additional superimposed signs of ischemia. Gunshot wound to the chest with ST Elevation Would your radiologist make this diagnosis, or should you record an ECG in trauma? 2015, March 1). ST depression. Cramer, M.
There is broad subendocardial ischemia as demonstrated by STE aVR with concomitant STD that almost appears appropriately maximal in Leads II and V5. There is LBBB-like morphology with persistent patterns of subendocardial ischemia. This is the initial ECG: The QRS is widened with a regular cadence, and there are no discernable P waves.
So this relatively long QT interval is NOT due to ischemia but may be a result of CO Toxicity. Read more about CO poisoning and cardiac ischemia here (ECG is pasted below): What is the treatment for this subendocardial ischemia? See this case of an awake patient without chestpain but with a CO level of 34%: CO poisoning.
Learning Points: Ectopic atrial rhythm can produce atrial repolarization findings that can be confused for acute ischemia, STEMI, or OMI. If you can safely and easily increase the patient's heart rate, you can convert the patient to sinus and repeat the ECG to see if the atrial repolarization wave was the cause of the concern for ischemia.
Edits by Meyers and Smith A man in his 70s with PMH of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, type 2 diabetes, CVA, dual-chamber Medtronic pacemaker, presented to the ED for evaluation of acute chestpain. American Heart Journal 170(6):1255-1264; December 2015. EKG shown here: LAFB with no clear signs of OMI or ischemia.
Although in the context of chestpain such ST depression would be all but diagnostic of posterior OMI, one should make no conclusions in such an unusual case. Sci 5[4] 268-270, 2015 ) both highlight a likely association between acute development of ischemic J waves — and high risk of developing malignant ventricular arrhythmias.
He contacted EMS due to acute onset chestpain and feeling unwell and fatigued. He subsequently developed worsening chestpain. This, in the context of worsening chestpain , is evidence of reocclusion of the infarct-related artery and active OMI in development. The below ECG was recorded. What do you think?
Check : [vitals, SOB, ChestPain, Ultrasound] If the patient has Abdominal Pain, ChestPain, Dyspnea or Hypoxemia, Headache, Hypotension , then these should be considered the primary chief complaint (not syncope). Evidence of acute ischemia (may be subtle) vii. Left BBB vi. Pathologic Q-waves viii.
A 69 year old woman with a history of hypertension presented to the emergency department by EMS for evaluation of chestpain and shortness of breath. She awoke in the morning with sharp chestpain which worsened throughout the morning. As her pain worsened, so did her dyspnea. This was written by Hans Helseth.
Case A 76 year old man with chronic hypertension but no history of coronary disease or myocardial infarction presented to the ED with chestpain at 2343. His triage EKG is shown below: There is left bundle branch block, so the EKG must be evaluated for ischemia by Smith-modified Sgarbossa criteria.
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