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The patient in today’s case presented in cardiogenicshock from proximal LAD occlusion, in conjunction with a subtotally stenosed LMCA. There is no definite evidence of acute ischemia. (ie, Simply stated — t he patient was having recurrent PMVT without Q Tc prolongation, and without evidence of ongoing transmural ischemia. (
There is normal R-wave progression in the precordial leads with no evidence of ischemia. 21, 2017 ). Here the image quality is enhanced using the PM Cardio app. What do you think? The presenting ECG shows SR with narrow QRS complexes. Our THANKS to Dr. Magnus Nossen for sharing this case with us.
This strongly suggests reperfusing RCA ischemia. Troponins, echocardiogram An echocardiogram showed inferobasilar hypokinesis, further supporting a diagnosis of regional ischemia , likely of the area supplied by the RCA. were pretty sick, with mostly LM/pLAD lesions and high rates of cardiogenicshock. Lobo et al.
The patient went into cardiogenicshock and ultimately died of this MI. Given our concern about possible subtle high-lateral OMI — this raises the question whether the upright T waves in leads V1 and V2 of this 1st ECG might be abnormal and reflect ischemia. Regional WMA: Lateral , large, hypokinetic. Sandoval Y et al.
There is low voltage in the precordium which always makes reading ischemia harder. In ACS, chest pain is the warning sign of ongoing ischemia. Smith : As Willy says, and as we've said many times before, morphine will resolve pain without resolving ischemia. ECG 1 What do you think? To me, this ECG is not diagnostic.
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