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A woman in her 50s with chest pain and dyspnea

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

She had a prior history of "NSTEMI" one month ago, during which she had a coronary angiogram reportedly showing no stenosis in any coronary artery. This case was published in Circulation on January 22, 2018 (thanks to Brooks Walsh for finding this!) 2018; 137: 402-404. Her vitals were within normal limits.

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90 year old with acute chest and epigastric pain, and diffuse ST depression with reciprocal STE in aVR: activate the cath lab?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

History sounds concerning for ACS (could be critical stenosis, triple vessel), but differential also includes dissection, GI bleed, etc. Can J of Cardiol 2018, 34: 132-145 Here are some other cases: LVH, LBBB, RBBB, and RVH may manifest ST depression without any ischemia! His response: “subendocardial ischemia. POCUS will be helpful.”

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The Bleeding Heart

EMS 12-Lead

Advanced multi-vessel disease was found with stents deployed to the mid-LCx (80% stenosis), D1 (90% stensosis), and the pLAD (95% stenosis). It’s judicious, then, to arrange for coronary angiogram. elevated BP), but rather directly correlated with coronary obstruction and stymied TIMI flow. Does the ECG normalize?

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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

EMS 12-Lead

There is ventricular hypertrophy in the absence of abnormal loading conditions, such as aortic stenosis, or hypertension, for example – of which the most common variant is Asymmetric Septal Hypertrophy. Type II MI), however decided to pursue coronary angiogram out of an abundance of caution. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol.

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What Lies Beneath

EMS 12-Lead

The coronary angiogram revealed no critical stenosis, or acute plaque ulceration. Takotsubo should be a diagnosis of exclusion after angiography reveals no obstructive coronary disease, and repeat Echo displays left ventricular recovery. Furthermore, pertinent electrolyte values (e.g. Friedman, M., Saini, A.,