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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

EMS 12-Lead

Additional architectural changes include systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve, endothelial dysfunction at the level of the coronary arterial bed, and ventricular diastolic dysfunction. This worried the crew of potential acute coronary syndrome and STEMI was activated pre-hospital.

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

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Supply-demand mismatch can cause ST Elevation (Type 2 STEMI). Also see these posts of Type II STEMI. An EKG from a year prior was available for comparison: The ED physician noted Initial EKG here read by the computer as a STEMI, however, there is a very poor baseline and a lot of artifact. See reference and discussion below.