2020 Cardiac Arrest Pericarditis 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Edited by Bracey, Meyers, Grauer, and Smith A 50-something-year-old female with a history of an unknown personality disorder and alcohol use disorder arrived via EMS following cardiac arrest with return of spontaneous circulation. The described rhythm was an irregular, wide complex rhythm.
All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders
OCTOBER 26, 2023
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. 2020 Sep;31(9):2474-2483. Spontaneous type 1 ECG has the highest number of points at 3.5, Arch Cardiovasc Dis.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 21, 2023
Internat J Arrhyth 2020 Uesako H, Fukikawa H, Hashimoto S, et al. Prominent J waves and ventricular fibrillation caused by myocarditis and pericarditis after BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccination. The final letter in the SLOWED mnemonic is " D " for "Dead" ( resulting from VT/VF or asystolic cardiac arrest ).
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 11, 2020
As always, takotsubo cardiomyopathy and focal pericarditis can mimic OMI, but takotsubo almost never mimics posterior MI, and both are diagnoses of exclusion after a negative cath. About two hours after admission, he suffered a cardiac arrest (whether it was VF/VT or PEA is not available) and expired. Is that normal?
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
The second most common cause of medical cardiac tamponade is acute idiopathic pericarditis. Less common etiologies include uremia, bacterial or tubercular pericarditis, chronic idiopathic pericarditis, hemorrhage, and other causes such as autoimmune diseases, radiation, myxedema, etc. What is ELECTRICAL ALTERNANS?
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