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Sudden shock with a Nasty looking ECG. What is it?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Some patients have baseline RBBB with LAFB, but in patients with likely ACS, these are associated with severe infarction with cardiac arrest, cardiogenic shock or impending shock. Today's patient did make it to the hospital — but was in cardiogenic shock, and despite valiant attempt at treatment, succumbed soon after.

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Best of cardiology in 2024 : Check it out and find the winner.

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

Welcome to 2025 and best wishes for a great academic journey to all readers. Collected from ACC website (Arranged in three heading) These are the creamy academic extract of whatever happened over the last one year. 24) Microaxial Flow Pump in Infarct-Related Cardiogenic Shock DanGer Shock (ACC.24)

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Arrhythmia? Ischemia? Both? Electricity, drugs, lytics, cath lab? You decide.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The axiom of "type 1 (ACS, plaque rupture) STEMIs are not tachycardic unless they are in cardiogenic shock" is not applicable outside of sinus rhythm. I limit my comments to a number of academic and semantic concepts relating to the arrhythmia in this case: What is an “SVT”?