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Why do we NOT name Occlusion MI (OMI) after an EKG finding? (In contrast to STEMI, which is named after ST Elevation)

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A 40-something male with no previous cardiac disease presented with chest pain. Moreover, the research which appears to confirm this idea was indeed in relation to the circumflex, but they did not study Occlusion ; rather, they studied asymptomatic coronary disease. Here is his ECG: There is no clear evidence of OMI or ischemia.

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46 year old with chest pain develops a wide complex rhythm -- see many examples

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Written by Colin Jenkins and Nhu-Nguyen Le with edits by Willy Frick and by Smith A 46-year-old male presented to the emergency department with 2 days of heavy substernal chest pain and nausea. The patient continued having chest pain. Circulation Research , 56 (2), 184–194. Do not treat AIVR. Is there STEMI?

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85 year old with chest pain, STEMI negative, then normal troponin but with relatively large delta: discharge?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Written by Jesse McLaren, with comments from Smith An 85 year old with a history of CAD presented with 3 hours of chest pain that feels like heartburn but that radiates to the left arm. There’s sinus bradycardia, first degree AV block, normal axis, delayed R wave progression, and normal voltages. Below is the ECG. Take home 1.

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QT Correction Formulas Compared to The Rule of Thumb ("Half the RR")

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The rule of thumb is less accurate, and the risk is higher because a long QT in the presence of bradycardia ("pause dependent" Torsades) predisposes to Torsades. 6) Use a different rule of thumb for bradycardia : Manually approximate both the QT and the RR interval. Other Research: According to this study b y Batchvarov et al. ,

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Hyperthermia and ST Elevation

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

I remember Allie well from her days in the Research volunteer program at Hennepin. It was from a patient with chest pain: Note the obvious Brugada pattern. This was submitted by Alexandra Schick. Dr. Schick is a PGY3 at the Brown Emergency Medicine Residency in Rhode Island. The article is edited by Smith.

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ECG Blog #450 — A "Healthy" 30yo with Dizziness

Ken Grauer, MD

To improve visualization — I've digitized the original ECG using PMcardio ) MY Thoughts on the ECG in Figure-1: This is a challenging tracing to interpret — because there is marked bradycardia with an irregular rhythm and a change in QRS morphology. Figure-1: The initial ECG in today's case. ( The QRS complex is wide ( ie, >0.10

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Inferior ST elevation with reciprocal change: which of these 4 patients has Occlusion MI?

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Patient 2 : 55 year old with 5 hours of chest pain radiating to the shoulder, with nausea and shortness of breath ECG: sinus bradycardia, normal conduction, normal axis, normal R wave progression, no hypertrophy. This was missed by the treating physician, but the chest pain resolved with aspirin.