2020 Myocardial Infarction Stent 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Occlusion myocardial infarction is a clinical diagnosis Written by Willy Frick (@Willyhfrick). Here is the angiogram after stent placement. The patient suffered a large infarct. St depression in lead AVL differentiates inferior st-elevation myocardial infarction from pericarditis. Circulation , 130 (25).
DAIC
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Doctors then treat the cause of the heart attack, either inserting a stent, removing a clot or taking other necessary action. Patients were enrolled between July 2016 and December 2020. The Impella® heart pump, an FDA-approved device, is inserted through a catheter in the groin as soon as the patient arrives at the hospital.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 31, 2020
So this is indeed diagnostic of myocardial infarction. Not immediately, at least, because this is NOT diagnostic of ACUTE (occlusion) myocardial infarction (Acute OMI). So I made an ED diagnosis of Non-Occlusion Myocardial Infarction (NOMI), and his next day angiogram confirmed NOMI.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
APRIL 22, 2024
EKG from triage: Here is his previous ECG: Normal ST Elevation Resident's interpretation: Reperfusion pattern/Wellens' with biphasic T waves in V2 and V3, and in comparison to an EKG in 2020 this is new. Electrocardiographic diagnosis of reperfusion during thrombolytic therapy in acute myocardial infarction. Am Heart J.
Cardiology Update
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
In the early years of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), studies indicated a heightened risk of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), involving outcomes such as death, Q-wave myocardial infarction (MI), stent thrombosis, and repeat revascularization.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Just before 10 AM, the patient received a stent to the culprit OM. Comparative early and late outcomes after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in st-segment elevation and Non–St-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (from the Cadillac trial). Peak troponin was 12 ng/mL. & Griffin, J. link] Lee, T.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
APRIL 18, 2024
Written by Jesse McLaren A 70 year old with prior MIs and stents to LAD and RCA presented to the emergency department with 2 weeks of increasing exertional chest pain radiating to the left arm, associated with nausea. The patient was transferred to CCU to consider surgical options. Clin Cardiol 2022 4. Herman, Meyers, Smith et al.
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