Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Smith: This bizarre ECG looks like a post cardiac arrest ECG with probable acidosis or hyperkalemia in addition to OMI. Bottom Line: Tests other than cardiac cath may be all that are needed to establish the diagnosis — but, I'd want to see a patient with this ECG as soon as would be possible. What was the pH and K?

Ischemia 118

Ischemia Chest Pain Cardiogenic Shock Cardiac Arrest 118

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 21, 2023

This ECG shows a sinus bradycardia with a normal conduction pattern (normal PR, normal QRS, and normal QTc), normal axis, normal R-wave progression, normal voltages. Hypothermia can also produce bradycardia and J waves, with a pseudo-STEMI pattern. There is marked sinus bradycardia. What do you think? As per Drs.

STEMI 52

STEMI Bradycardia Arrhythmia Cardiac Arrest 52

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?

Chest Pain 52

Chest Pain STEMI Blog Tachycardia 52

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. Other Arrhythmias ( PACs, PVCs, AFib, Bradycardia and AV conduction disorders — potentially lethal VT/VFib ). ST depression.

Arrhythmia 52

Arrhythmia Blog Chest Pain Cardiac Arrest 52