Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 2, 2025

And of course Ken's comments at the bottom) An elderly obese woman with cardiomyopathy, Left bundle branch block, and chronic hypercapnea presented hypoxic with altered mental status. I do not see OMI here and all trops were only minimally elevated, consistent with either chronic injury from cardiomyopathy or with acute injury from sepsis.

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Tachycardia Cardiomyopathy Blog Bradycardia 117

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

MARCH 3, 2024

Complete left bundle branch block (CLBBB)-like QRS morphology of right ventricular pacing at pacemaker implantation satisfying the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation/Heart Rhythm Society criteria of CLBBB was associated with development of pacing induced cardiomyopathy.

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Cardiomyopathy Pacemaker Heart Rhythm Atrial Fibrillation 40

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

It turns out that she has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The diagnosis was a bit hard to find in the chart, and the echocardiogram did only stated "assymetric hypertrophy." Here is the echo report for this visit (after the negative angiogram): Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with asymmetric septal hypertrophy.

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Strokes Stroke Chest Pain Cardiomyopathy 71

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

MAY 2, 2024

Enlargement of the left ventricular cavity, increased wall thickness and increased trabeculations in athlete’s heart will have to be differentiated from conditions like dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and isolated left ventricular non-compaction. Differentiating Athlete’s Heart From Cardiomyopathies – The Left Side.

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Exercise Cardiomyopathy Physiology Blood Pressure 40

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Description Sinus bradycardia. There is ST elevation in V2 and V3 There are inverted T-waves in V2 and V3 There are prominent U-waves in V2 and V3 Many responders were worried about ischemia or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. (This ECG could easily be seen in an ED chest pain patient, and I have seen many) What do you think?

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Chest Pain Ischemia Myocardial Infarction Bradycardia 52

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. Electrocardiogram, echocardiogram, and some other tests are done for patients with cardiac arrest. ECG and EKG refer to the same thing.

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Cardiac Arrest Heart Attack Heart attacks Atrial Fibrillation 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Whenever I see PVCs with the morphology and axis seen in todays case I always look for signs of AC ( Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy ). Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy often manifests with PVCs from the RV. The ECG in Figure-1 however, shows no signs of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy. Try a different kind of antiarrhythmic.

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Tachycardia Arrhythmia Atrial Flutter Ablation 73