Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

During the night, while on telemetry, the patient became bradycardic, with periods of isorhythmic AV dissociation (nodal escape rhythm alternating with sinus bradycardia), and there were sporadic PVCs. Cardiac arrest was called and advanced life support was undertaken for this patient. Without an MRI, it is impossible to know.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

While on telemetry monitoring he suffered cardiac arrest and was resuscitated. What ECG finding may have contributed to (or precipitated) the cardiac arrest? The patient was diagnosed with stress cardiomyopathy. The QTc then gradually shortened over the course of several days as is usual for stress cardiomyopathy.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 2, 2025

And of course Ken's comments at the bottom) An elderly obese woman with cardiomyopathy, Left bundle branch block, and chronic hypercapnea presented hypoxic with altered mental status. Bedside cardiac ultrasound showed moderately decreased LV function. See this post: How a pause can cause cardiac arrest 2. The plan: 1.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 5, 2024

I thought the complete lack of QTc prolongation and anatomic localization of ECG findings made Takotsubo cardiomyopathy unlikely. In fact, the ECG was described as normal, and without serial ECGs or prior ECGs for comparison it could be. Initial high sensitivity troponin I returned at 6ng/L (normal 0.20

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Wellnest

DECEMBER 21, 2022

A fast heartbeat is called tachycardia, while a slow heartbeat is called bradycardia in medical terms. Cardiac arrest Cardiac arrest is a medical emergency in which the heart stops pumping blood to the body. Electrocardiogram, echocardiogram, and some other tests are done for patients with cardiac arrest.

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Wellnest

JUNE 19, 2023

Video-based AI A profound learning approach is created with a video-based neural system that utilizes a current database of video formats to determine cardiac issues. The deep learning algorithm helps segment the left ventricle predicting cardiomyopathy and ejection fraction. AI recognizing cardiac arrests in emergency calls.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

As always, takotsubo cardiomyopathy and focal pericarditis can mimic OMI, but takotsubo almost never mimics posterior MI, and both are diagnoses of exclusion after a negative cath. About two hours after admission, he suffered a cardiac arrest (whether it was VF/VT or PEA is not available) and expired. Were they right?

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