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What does the ECG show in this patient with chest pain, hypotension, dyspnea, and hypoxemia?

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The rhythm is 2:1 atrial flutter. The flutter waves can conceal or mimic ischemic repolarization findings, but here I don't see any obvious findings of OMI or subendocardial ischemia. The bedside echo showed a large RV (Does this mean there is a pulmonary embolism as the etiology?) Here is his triage ECG: What do you think?