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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JUNE 14, 2017
He has a great blog too: ECG Interpretation He is also well known on the Facebook EKG Club page , where you can learn tons about ECGs: Here is his response, with the first ECG labelled: Hello Steve & Avinash. It is commonly seen in the reperfusion setting. It appears to be benign in children as well (see references below). What is it?
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JULY 22, 2012
Blunt cardiac injury my result in : 1) Acute myocardial rupture with tamponade 2) Valve rupture (tricuspid, aortic, mitral) 3) Coronary thrombosis or dissection (and thus Acute MI) from direct coronary blunt injury 4) Dysrhythmias of all kinds. Localized bleeding from contusion could cause hemopericardium even without rupture.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
SEPTEMBER 7, 2020
In this pediatric study, it was 71% successful and better than amiodarone. Meyers, Smith; Weingart wrote an extensive review on Idiopathic VT in the September 14, 2018 post of Dr. Smith’s ECG Blog. Procainamide is another reasonable solution to the problem. As a result — it’s worth briefly reviewing this entity of “ Idiopathic ” VT.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JULY 22, 2023
There were no dysrhythmias on cardiac monitor during observation. This discussion comes from this previous post: Hyperthermia and ST Elevation Discussion Brugada Type 1 ECG changes are associated with sudden cardiac death (SCD) and the occurrence of ventricular dysrhythmias. He was found to be influenza positive. Is there fever again?
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 30, 2019
The limb lead abnormalities appear to be part of the Brugada pattern, as described in this article: Inferior and Lateral Electrocardiographic RepolarizationAbnormalities in Brugada Syndrome Discussion Brugada Type 1 ECG changes are associated with sudden cardiac death (SCD) and the occurrence of ventricular dysrhythmias.
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