AFIB Cardiac Arrest Cardiogenic Shock 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MAY 26, 2023
A 20-something presented after a huge verapamil overdose in cardiogenic shock. Today's patient is a young male who presented in cardiogenic shock following a massive verapamil overdose. He had been seen at an outside institution and been given 6 g calcium gluconate, KCl, and a norepinephrine drip. The initial K was 3.0
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MAY 3, 2024
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. Suffice it to say that, "The heart does whatever it will do when a patient is about to arrest".
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
With the history of Afib, CTA abdomen was ordered to r/o mesenteric ischemia vs ischemic colitis vs small bowel obstruction. An elderly man with sudden cardiogenic shock, diffuse ST depressions, and STE in aVR Literature 1. Thirty-six patients (36%) presented with cardiac arrest, and 78% (28/36) underwent emergent angiography.
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