Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 2, 2025

Discontinue all negative chronotropic agents, since the risk of torsade is much higher with bradycardia or pauses. See this post: How a pause can cause cardiac arrest 2. In this specific case, Left Bundle Branch (LBB) area pacing was pursued to achieve cardiac resynchronization. The plan: 1. Place temporary pacemaker 3.

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Tachycardia Cardiomyopathy Blog Bradycardia 117

Wellnest

DECEMBER 21, 2022

However, an echocardiogram is a different test, also conducted for heart activity. 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.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

A formal echocardiogram was completed the next day and again showed a normal ejection fraction without any focal wall motion abnormalities to suggest CAD. Cardiology was consulted and they agreed that the EKG had an atypical morphology for STEMI and did not activate the cath lab.

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Heart Rhythm Sudden Cardiac Death Arrhythmia STEMI 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

An echocardiogram was done. These include ( among others ) — acute febrile illness — variations in autonomic tone — hypothermia — ischemia-infarction — malignant arrhythmias — cardiac arrest — and especially Hyperkalemia. Is there also Brugada? Here is the result: The estimated left ventricular ejection fraction is 50 %.

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Arrhythmia Blog Chest Pain Cardiac Arrest 52