Wellnest

DECEMBER 21, 2022

If you experience any symptoms, such as chest pain, dizziness, unusual tiredness or fatigue, shortness of breath, or irregular heartbeat, your doctor would want you to go for an ECG test to find out the underlying cause. A fast heartbeat is called tachycardia, while a slow heartbeat is called bradycardia in medical terms.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

He did not have chest pain. Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia Long QT Syndrome with Continuously Recurrent Polymorphic VT: Management Cardiac Arrest. Chest pain in high risk patient. Here is his triage ECG: What do you think? What does the ECG show? Also see the bizarre Bigeminy. Is it STEMI?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 5, 2022

He denied any chest pain or shortness of breath and stated he felt at his baseline yesterday prior to drug use. They recommended repeating his ECG and awaiting troponin since the patient did not have any chest pain. Steve, what do you think of this ECG in this Cardiac Arrest Patient?" What is it?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Although in the context of chest pain such ST depression would be all but diagnostic of posterior OMI, one should make no conclusions in such an unusual case. This Transesophageal ED Echo was recorded: Cardiac POCUS.mov from Stephen Smith on Vimeo. In all leads, there is a 2nd wave after the initial QRS.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 21, 2024

The patient in today’s case is a previously healthy 40-something male who contacted EMS due to acute onset crushing chest pain. The pain was 10/10 in intensity radiating bilaterally to the shoulders and also to the left arm and neck. Principal adverse cardiac effects of Quinidine include QRS widening and QTc prolongation.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Apparently he denied chest pain. About two hours after admission, he suffered a cardiac arrest (whether it was VF/VT or PEA is not available) and expired. JAMA 2000) showed that 1/3 of patients with STEMI, and 1/3 of patients with NSTEMI, present without chest pain. Here is his first ED ECG: What do you see?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2023

All of the patients presented with chest pain , and they are all in triage. Smith: This bizarre ECG looks like a post cardiac arrest ECG with probable acidosis or hyperkalemia in addition to OMI. Which, if any, of these patients has OMI, with myocardium at risk and need for emergent PCI? What was the pH and K?

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Ken Grauer, MD

OCTOBER 27, 2023

That said — obvious findings include: i ) Marked bradycardia! — Unfortunately, before this could be accomplished — the patient went into cardiac arrest. She was successfully resuscitated — with a post-arrest rhythm similar to that seen in Figure-1. Cardiac cath did not reveal significant coronary disease!

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

If a patient presents with chest pain and a normal heart rate, or with shockable cardiac arrest, then ischemic appearing ST elevation is STEMI until proven otherwise. CLICK HERE — for the ESC/ACC/AHA/WHF 2018 Consensus Document on the 4th Universal Definition of MI, in which these concepts are discussed and illustrated.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 26, 2023

And she does not know that this is an overdose; she thinks it is a patient with chest pain!! This meets the Smith Modified Sgarbossa criteria, but the situation is wrong for diagnosing OMI!! By the way, the PM Cardio Bot Queen of Hearts says this is Not OMI with High Confidence. 3 hours later, this was recorded at a K of 2.8

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

U waves may also be found in patients with LVH and/or bradycardia , or occasionally as a normal variant. This is often quite challenging to recognize — but the finding of negative U waves in a patient with chest pain is highly suggestive of ischemia ! N OTE # 2 — On rare occasions, the U wave may be negative.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

ECG of pneumopericardium and probable myocardial contusion shows typical pericarditis Male in 30's, 2 days after Motor Vehicle Collsion, complains of Chest Pain and Dyspnea Head On Motor Vehicle Collision. Gunshot wound to the chest with ST Elevation Would your radiologist make this diagnosis, or should you record an ECG in trauma?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

It was from a patient with chest pain: Note the obvious Brugada pattern. The elevated troponin was attributed to either type 2 MI or to non-MI acute myocardial injury. There is no further workup at this time. Smith: Here is a case that was just texted to me today from a former resident. This patient ruled out for MI.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Further history later: This patient personally has no further high risk features (syncope / presyncope), but her mother had sudden cardiac arrest in sleep. Regardless of further evaluation, she should avoid bradycardia, AV nodal blockers, Na channel blockers, and fevers. --If Is this Type 2 Brugada syndrome/ECG pattern?

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