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A teenager involved in a motor vehicle collision with abnormal ECG

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

ECG of pneumopericardium and probable myocardial contusion shows typical pericarditis Male in 30's, 2 days after Motor Vehicle Collsion, complains of Chest Pain and Dyspnea Head On Motor Vehicle Collision. Between 81-95% of life-threatening ventricular dysrhythmias and acute cardiac failure occur within 24-48 hours of hospitalization.

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Syncope, chest pain, and inferior ST Elevation with Reciprocal ST depression in aVL

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

He was admitted for monitoring and had no dysrhythmias. Overnight telemetry showed no arrhythmias ( important to reduce the risk of worrisome arrhythmia given this patient's chief complaint of sudden syncope without prodrome ). Smith : I recognize this as a STEMI mimic. I was not alarmed. She is very good.