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A 50-something with Regular Wide Complex Tachycardia: What to do if electrical cardioversion does not work?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Past medical history includes coronary stenting 17 years prior. If you take old people with a history of MI (he had a stent), that percentage goes far higher since there is scar tissue that acts as a nidus for the PVCs that initiate VT. Episodes of angina over past couple of months had been progressive. Patient intubated.

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Outcomes of PCI of all comers: the experience of a Kuwaiti independent healthcare institution

The British Journal of Cardiology

We present the cumulative percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) data of all comers (stable angina and acute coronary syndromes [ACS]) who presented to Hadi Clinic between January 2018 and December 2020. and the average number of stents 2.6. The radial approach was used in 544/567 (95.94%), the average SYNTAX score was 34.8 ± 9.6,

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See this "NSTEMI" go unrecognized for what it really is, how it progresses, and what happens

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A man in his 70s with past medical history of hypertension, dyslipidemia, CAD s/p left circumflex stent 2 years prior presented to the ED with worsening intermittent exertional chest pain relieved by rest. The notes now refer to the patient being in cardiogenic shock, on pressors. Am J Emerg Med. 2014;32:e5–e8. J Cardiol Cases.

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How does Acute Total Left Main Coronary occlusion present on the ECG?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Beware crescendo angina in patient with known CAD ST Elevation in aVR Case 7. TIMI flow 0) is rare in the ED, as most either die before arrival or are recognized clinically due to cardiogenic shock. 67) Less than 3% of anterior STEMI has LM OMI, and most are recognized clinically due to cardiogenic shock. (68,

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Can you localize the culprit lesion on angiogram without taking ECG findings into account?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

I have said before, treating angina with morphine and continuing non-emergent management is like taking the batteries out of an actively alarming smoke detector during a house fire and going back to sleep. After CULPRIT SHOCK, many shied away from multivessel PCI in the acute setting. The Queen of Hearts does not diagnose OMI.