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"Pericarditis" strikes again

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

mm has been described in normal subjects) Overall impression: In my opinion and experience, this ECG most likely represents a normal baseline ECG, but with a small chance of pericarditis instead. I texted this to Dr. Smith without any information, and this was his reply: "This could be pericarditis but probably is normal variant."

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Brugada Syndrome: Diagnosis and Risk Stratification

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They include myocardial ischemia, acute pericarditis, pulmonary embolism, external compression due to mass over the right ventricular outflow tract region, and metabolic disorders like hyper or hypokalemia and hypercalcemia. 2017 Mar;110(3):188-195. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2020 Sep;31(9):2474-2483. Arch Cardiovasc Dis.

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Two patients with chest pain, with QRS obscured: which was STEMI positive, and which had Occlusion MI?

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The initial computer and final cardiology interpretation was a differential: “ST elevation, consider early repolarization, pericarditis, or injury.” J Electrocardiol 2017 2. But STEMI criteria ignore all this and look at ST segments in isolation. McLaren, Meyers, Smith and Chartier. But ECG #1 is not "normal".