Ken Grauer, MD

OCTOBER 27, 2023

That said — obvious findings include: i ) Marked bradycardia! — Unfortunately, before this could be accomplished — the patient went into cardiac arrest. She was successfully resuscitated — with a post-arrest rhythm similar to that seen in Figure-1. Cardiac cath did not reveal significant coronary disease!

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Blog Pacemaker Bradycardia Arrhythmia 101

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For example — marked bradycardia with unusual forms of advanced AV block — or marked bradycardia without evident P waves — or marked QRS widening with "shapeless" morphology — are all ECG indication of the need for immediate IV calcium until improvement of these ECG patterns.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2024

This patient is actively dying from a left main coronary artery OMI and cardiac arrest from VT/VF or PEA is imminent! Complete LMCA occlusion is associated with clinical shock and/or cardiac arrest. The arterial blood gas showed a lactic acidosis with a lactate level of 17mmol/L.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia Long QT Syndrome with Continuously Recurrent Polymorphic VT: Management Cardiac Arrest. A New Seizure in a Healthy 20-something More cases of long QT not measured correctly by computer (these are all fascinating ECGs/cases): Bupropion Overdose Followed by Cardiac Arrest and, Later, ST Elevation.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Smith: This bizarre ECG looks like a post cardiac arrest ECG with probable acidosis or hyperkalemia in addition to OMI. The patient died of cardiogenic shock within 24 hours despite mechanical circulatory support. Below the J-point is marked out showing the ST pathologic deviations. What was the pH and K? Potassium 4,6.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Theres sinus bradycardia, borderline PR interval, narrow QRS; normal axis/R wave progression; low precordial voltages, and subtle peaked T waves (most obvious in V2, but all T waves are symmetric with a narrow base). Theres no prior ECG to compare - but the bradycardia, prolonged PR and peaked T waves could all be from hyperkalemia.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In just 90 minutes from presentation, the patient progressed from that very subtle ECG to cardiac arrest. As I emphasized in My Comment in the February 27, 2023 post in Dr. Smith's ECG Blog some patients may develop everything except QRS widening. Dr. McLaren recently wrote an excellent blog post on a similar case.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The patient was unconscious BEFORE the cardiac arrest, at the same time that she had strong pulses. Therefore, cardiac arrest is NOT the etiology of the coma. More cases here to highlight: [link] Middle Aged Woman with Asystolic Cardiac Arrest, Resuscitated: Cath Lab? OMI is a clinical diagnosis.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 21, 2023

This ECG shows a sinus bradycardia with a normal conduction pattern (normal PR, normal QRS, and normal QTc), normal axis, normal R-wave progression, normal voltages. Hypothermia can also produce bradycardia and J waves, with a pseudo-STEMI pattern. 2004 = My Comment by K EN G RAUER, MD ( 1/21 /2023 ): = I thought today's case by Drs.

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