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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.

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Cardiac Arrest. What does the ECG show? Also see the bizarre Bigeminy.

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A 60-something woman presented after a witnessed cardiac arrest. This is commonly found after epinephrine for cardiac arrest, but could have been pre-existing and a possible contributing factor to cardiac arrest. Final Diagnosis: Cardiac Arrest due to Torsades from long QT of unknown etiology.

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Latest developments in the Cardiac Healthcare system through AI

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Similarly, you may use our , app to adjust the paper speed along with amplification to read the slightest changes, especially for conditions like tachycardia and bradycardia. AI recognizing cardiac arrests in emergency calls. AI recognizing cardiac arrests in emergency calls.

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1 hour of CPR, then ECMO circulation, then successful defibrillation.

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Also notice that the arterial line mean arterial pressure is 63 mmHg, but there is no waveform (and SpO2 says "no pulse"), as the flow is continuous on ECMO and the LV function at this point was extremely poor, unable to add a pulse pressure. There is sinus bradycardia with one PVC. She then had a 12-lead: What do you think?

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See what happens when a left main thrombus evolves from subtotal occlusion to total occlusion.

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The ST segment changes are compatible with severe subendocardial ischemia which can be caused by type I MI from ACS or potentially from type II MI (non-obstructive coronary artery disease with supply/demand mismatch). The arterial blood gas showed a lactic acidosis with a lactate level of 17mmol/L.

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Why is ECG machine use? What diseases can EKG monitor detect?

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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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What are treatment options for this rhythm, when all else fails?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

There was no evidence bradycardia leading up to the runs of PMVT ( as tends to occur with Torsades ). If there had been — a temporary atrial pacemaker could have been considered as a way of increasing the heart rate to suppress a bradycardia-dependent arrhythmia ("overdrive pacing").