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What would you do with acute chest pain and this ECG? You might see what the Queen thinks.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The ED provider ordered a coronary CT scan to assess the patient for CAD. Another blood pressure was checked. He was severely hypotensive, with a systolic pressure in the 50s. The undergraduate continues: This new EKG pattern is more suggestive of acute pericarditis. This is typical of pericarditis.