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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Despite ongoing chest discomfort and an uptrending troponin, he never meets STEMI criteria. Free wall rupture, VSD, Dresslers Syndrome, chronic CHF, anatomic LV aneurysm, LV thrombus, stroke, etc). Despite having acute coronary occlusion by cath, his ECGs never met STEMI criteria. Teaching points: 1.