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A 50-something with Regular Wide Complex Tachycardia: What to do if electrical cardioversion does not work?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Past medical history includes coronary stenting 17 years prior. A b rief chart review revealed his most recent echo in 2018, with LV EF 67%, “very small” inferior wall motion abnormality. I find AV dissociation in VT to be very difficult to differentiate from artifact, as there are always random blips on tachycardia tracings.

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ECG Blog #386 — OMI or Something Else?

Ken Grauer, MD

Given the rapid rate of the tachycardia and the amorphous shape of the QRS — the decision was made to sedate the patient and cardiovert. This phenomenon may sometimes be seen following an episode of a sustained tachycardia — in which marked ST-T wave abnormalities not due to infarction may be seen for a period of hours, or even days!

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What Lies Beneath

EMS 12-Lead

From afar, there is gross tachycardia, cadence irregularities, and narrow QRS complexes that may, or may not, be Sinus in origin; and finally – a cacophony of wide complexes that might very well be ventricular in origin. McLaren : We’ve answered the first question – Sinus Tachycardia with episodic runs of wide QRS (RBBB morphology) and PVC’s.

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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

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! We investigated the incidence of an acutely occluded coronary in patients presenting with STE-aVR with multi-lead ST depression. Miranda DF, Lobo AS, Walsh B, et al. A normal PR interval.

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The Bleeding Heart

EMS 12-Lead

There is appreciable STE aVR with near-global STD that appropriately maximizes in Leads II and V5, and thus suggesting a circumstance of generic, diffusely populated, circumferential subendocardial ischemia versus occlusive coronary thrombus. [1] It’s judicious, then, to arrange for coronary angiogram. Does the ECG normalize?