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

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lidocaine) can result in severe bradycardia or asystole (Weinberg, Sedowski and Alexander, below) The presence of accelerated idioventricular rhythm does not affect prognosis, and there is no definitive evidence that, if left untreated, the incidence of VF or death is increased. Circulation Research , 56 (2), 184–194. Moffat, M.

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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)

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Here is his ECG: There is no clear evidence of OMI or ischemia. 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. A 40-something male with no previous cardiac disease presented with chest pain.

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Hyperthermia and ST Elevation

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I remember Allie well from her days in the Research volunteer program at Hennepin. 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. Title: Is it just hot in here or is it a OMI?

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

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There’s sinus bradycardia, first degree AV block, normal axis, delayed R wave progression, and normal voltages. Hyperacute T waves are deflating, suggesting reperfusion but there is still reciprocal change in I/aVL and ST depression in V2, and the bradycardia is worse. Below is the ECG. What do you think? Take home 1.

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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

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Evidence of acute ischemia (may be subtle) vii. PVCs N ot generally considered abnormal ECG findings: Isolated PAC, First Degree AV Block, Sinus bradycardia at a rate of 35-45, and Nonspecific ST-T abnormalities (even if different from a previous ECG). Left BBB vi. Pathologic Q-waves viii. LVH or RV d. Abnormal but less worrisome: i.

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Patient is informed of her husband's death: is it OMI or it stress cardiomyopathy?

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Within ten minutes, she developed bradycardia, hypotension, and ST changes on monitor. Bradycardia and heart block are very common in RCA OMI. It is possible there is microvascular dysfunction producing residual transmural ischemia. Circulation Research , 114 (12), 18521866. He told the patient this horrible news.