Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

While on telemetry monitoring he suffered cardiac arrest and was resuscitated. What ECG finding may have contributed to (or precipitated) the cardiac arrest? Learning points : Takotsubo can lead to cardiac arrest from ventricular arrhythmia. There are no clear signs of OMI. There is a prolonged QTc.

Cardiac Arrest 58

Cardiac Arrest Cardiomyopathy Arrhythmia Atrial Fibrillation 58

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Altered Mental Status, Bradycardia == MY Comment , by K EN G RAUER, MD ( 2/2 /2024 ): == Dr. Meyers began today’s case with the clinical challenge of asking you to identify the underlying cause of ECG #2. -- Read this ECG -- Osborn Waves and Hypothermia (this is the "Figure" above) What does LBBB look like in severe hypothermia?

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Cardiac Arrest Blog Atrial Fibrillation Bradycardia 134

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 26, 2023

ie, See My Comment in the April 6, 2023 post in Dr. Smith's ECG Blog — in which AFib and AV Wenckebach were repeatedly misinterpreted by a number of medical providers over a period of months, with obvious implications regarding optimal treatment decision-making ). Laddergram Illustration: The mechanism of AV block in ECG #2 is complex.

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Cardiogenic Shock Arrhythmia Blog Education 86

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

These include ( among others ) — acute febrile illness — variations in autonomic tone — hypothermia — ischemia-infarction — malignant arrhythmias — cardiac arrest — and especially Hyperkalemia. Other Arrhythmias ( PACs, PVCs, AFib, Bradycardia and AV conduction disorders — potentially lethal VT/VFib ).

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Arrhythmia Blog Chest Pain Cardiac Arrest 52