Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2024

He reported typical chest pain since 4H AM and arrived at our ED at 10h with ongoing chest pain. Unfortunately, the cardiologist waited until the next day to refer the patient for angiography and intervention because patient did not meet criteria for "STEMI"." The first ECG (10h14) showed TWI in inferior leads."

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

A male in late middle age with a history of RCA stent 8 years prior complained of chest pain. Here are three more dramatic cases that illustrate RBBB + LAFB Case 1 of cardiac arrest with unrecognized STEMI, died. EMS recorded the following ECG: What do you see?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

He reports significant chest pain at the base of his scapula on the right side along with new shortness of breath. Smith : there is some minimal ST elevation in V2-V6, but does not meet STEMI criteria. Transient STEMI has been studied and many of these patients will re-occlude in the middle of the night. Is it normal STE?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 10, 2023

A 34 yo woman with a history of HTN, h/o SVT s/p ablation 2006, and 5 months post-partum presented with intermittent central chest pain and SOB. She had one episode of pain the previous night and two additional episodes early on morning the morning she presented. Deep breaths are painful and symptoms come and go.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

The Queen of Hearts correctly says: Smith : Why is this ECG which manifests so much ST Elevation NOT a STEMI (even if it were a 60 year old with chest pain)? Here is the clinical informaton on ECG 2: A man in his 50s presented to the Emergency Department with acute chest pain that started within the past few hours.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 2, 2014

A male in his 60's called 911 for chest pain. His pain was intermittent and he was vague about when it was present and when it was resolved. He had an immediate ED ECG: There is artifact, but the findings appear to be largely gone now The diagnosis is acute MI, but not STEMI. Here is his prehospital ECG: Diagnosis?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

Written by Jesse McLaren A 75 year old with a history of CABG called EMS after 24 hours of chest pain. The patient has a history of CABG so some of these changes could be old, but with ongoing chest pain and bradycardia in a high risk patient this is still acute OMI until proven otherwise. HR 40, BP 135/70, RR16, O2 100%.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Echo on the day after admission showed EF of 30-35% and antero-apical wall akinesis with an LV thrombus [these frequently form in complete or near complete (no early reperfusion) anterior STEMI because of akinesis/stasis] 2 more days later, this was recorded: ST elevation is still present. He had been awakened by cough at 3 AM 2 days earlier.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Code STEMI was activated. What is the Diagnosis in this 70-something with Chest Pain? 68 minutes with chest compressions, full recovery. A man in his 80s with chest pain What, besides large anterior STEMI, is so ominous about this ECG? The patient arrived to the ED in cardiogenic shock but awake.

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Ken Grauer, MD

MAY 20, 2023

NOTE: It's important to correlate ongoing circumstances at the time that a prior tracing was done ( ie, Was the patient stable and asymptomatic — or were they having chest pain, an exacerbation of heart failure, or some other ongoing process at the time the prior ECG was recorded? ).

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Inferior ST Depression does NOT mean there is inferior subendocardial ischemia; it is generally reciprocal to high lateral (aVL) subepicardial ischemia (OMI/STEMI) == MY Comment by K EN G RAUER, MD ( 2/10/2023 ): == There are certain patterns in ECG interpretation that experienced providers are able to immediately recognize.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 18, 2013

This was my thought: if this patient presented to the ED with chest pain, then this is an LAD occlusion. His ECG was repeated at this point: This shows a well developed anterior STEMI. To not see these findings is very common, and this patient would be given the diagnosis of NonSTEMI, with subsequent development of STEMI.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 1, 2013

A middle aged male with no h/o CAD presented with one week of crescendo exertional angina, and had chest pain at the time of the first ECG: Here is the patient's previous ECG: Here is the patient's presenting ED ECG: There is isolated ST depression in precordial leads, deeper in V2 - V4 than in V5 or V6. There is no ST elevation.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 9, 2013

This male in his 40's had been having intermittent chest pain for one week. He awoke from sleep with crushing central chest pain and called ems. EMS recorded a 12-lead, then gave 2 sublingual nitros with complete relief of pain. Type B waves are deeper and symmetric. Wehrens X.H., Doevendans P.A., Ophuis T.J.,

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

AUGUST 9, 2019

When total LM occlusion does present with STE in aVR, there is ALWAYS ST Elevation elsewhere which makes STEMI obvious; in other words, STE is never limited to only aVR but instead it is part of a massive and usually obvious STEMI. All are, however, clearly massive STEMI. This is her ECG: An obvious STEMI, but which artery?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

No chest pain. His inpatient clinicians did not think that an urgent angiogram was warranted given that he was chest pain free, his EKG appeared nondiagnostic, and serial troponins were not elevating beyond 2 ug/L. The lesion was intervened on with balloon angioplasty and had subsequent TIMI 3 flow. Why is this?

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