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How a pause can cause cardiac arrest

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

While on telemetry monitoring he suffered cardiac arrest and was resuscitated. What ECG finding may have contributed to (or precipitated) the cardiac arrest? A coronary angiogram was done that did not show significant coronary artery disease. There are no clear signs of OMI. There is a prolonged QTc.

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Normal angiogram one week prior. Must be myocarditis then?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Uncontrolled coronary spasm may be associated with serious arrhythmias , including cardiac arrest ( Looi et al — Postgrad Med, 2012 ; Tan et al — Eur Heart J Case Rep, 2018 ; Chevalier et al — JACC, 1998 ; Rodriguez-Manero — EP Europace, 2018 ). Initial high sensitivity troponin I returned at 6ng/L (normal 0.20