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An athletic 30-something woman with acute substernal chest pressure

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Now you have ECG and troponin evidence of ischemia, AND ventricular dysrhythmia, which means this is NOT a stable ACS. The lesion was stented. (For those of you who are accustomed to the units of high sensitivity troponin (ng/L), this is equivalent to 20,956.00 Again, cath lab was not activated. What does this troponin level mean?

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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. If you don't know what the dysrhythmia is, then try procainamide. What to do now?