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Diffuse Subendocardial Ischemia on the ECG. Left main? 3-vessel disease? No!

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DISCUSSION: The 12-lead EKG EMS initially obtained for this patient showed severe ischemia, with profound "infero-lateral" ST depression and reciprocal ST elevation in lead aVR. Author continued : STE in aVR is often due to left main coronary artery obstruction (OR 4.72), and is associated with in-hospital cardiovascular mortality (OR 5.58).

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2023 STS Coronary Conference Agenda

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Allied Health

Two Decades of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Females: Has Anything Changed? Women and CABG: A Comparison of Graft Conduit Outcomes from the National Adult Cardiac Surgery Audit Database Arnaldo Dimagli, MD (New York, NY, USA) 11:50 a.m. . – 12:30 p.m. Elizabeth Norton, MD (Atlanta, GA, USA) 11:40 a.m.

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Predictive value of postoperative prealbumin levels for detecting early-stage complications following off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Many patients suffer from a systemic inflammatory response and local myocardial ischemia after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting, which is related to an adverse prognosis. The serum prealbumin level was assessed within 612h after the operation.

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Pulmonary edema, with tachycardia and OMI on the ECG -- what is going on?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The patient was started on heparin for possible NSTEMI vs demand ischemia. increasing stenosis, ischemia, volume changes, increased blood pressure, atrial fibrillation, etc.) The scan showed a bicuspid aortic valve with severe stenosis and coronary artery disease. They show transmural injury (OMI).