Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The patient was diagnosed with stress cardiomyopathy. Widespread T wave inversions and prolongation of the QT interval is not uncommon in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. The QTc then gradually shortened over the course of several days as is usual for stress cardiomyopathy. Potassium was 4,8 mmol/l. ( ref 3,5-4,6 mmol/l ).

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Wellnest

JUNE 19, 2023

The deep learning algorithm helps segment the left ventricle predicting cardiomyopathy and ejection fraction. 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.

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Wellnest

DECEMBER 21, 2022

A fast heartbeat is called tachycardia, while a slow heartbeat is called bradycardia in medical terms. An ECG machine is able to detect other abnormalities of the heart as well, such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or overly thick heart muscles. Arrhythmia In simple words, arrhythmia refers to an irregular heartbeat.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Other than tachycardia, Other than slight tachycardia, vitals were within normal limits (including oxygen saturation). 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. Were they right?

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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.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 8, 2025

Within ten minutes, she developed bradycardia, hypotension, and ST changes on monitor. Repeat ECG was obtained immediately, just 24 minutes after the prior ECG: Given the context, my top differential diagnosis would be stress cardiomyopathy AKA takotsubo. Bradycardia and heart block are very common in RCA OMI.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

There was never ventricular fibrillation (VF) or ventricular tachycardia (VT), no shockable rhythm. By ECG alone: it is suspicious for stress cardiomyopathy, or takotsubo, due to the diffuse ST Elevation: II, III, aVF AND I and aVL. Here is a similar case: Collapse, Ventricular Tachycardia, Cardioverted, Comatose on Arrival.

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Ken Grauer, MD

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

MY Thoughts on ECG #1: The rhythm is sinus bradycardia at a rate just under 60/minute. Figure-6: ECG Findings in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy — adapted from Namgung in Clin Med Insights Cardiol ( See text ). There is sinus tachycardia at ~100/minute — with diffuse ST-T wave depression. No chamber enlargement.

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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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