Bradycardia Stent Tachycardia 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
DECEMBER 23, 2019
They had a history of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (EF 30%), as well as PCI with one stent. Initial ECG in the ED: Presenting ECG : Wide-complex tachycardia at a rate about 200. This is overwhelmingly likely to be ventricular tachycardia, even if only age and medical history are considered.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 15, 2024
A prehospital “STEMI” activation was called on a 75 year old male ( Patient 1 ) with a history of hyperlipidemia and LAD and Cx OMI with stent placement. He had multiple episodes of bradycardia and nonsustained ventricular tachycardia. It was stented. He wrote most of it and I (Smith) edited.
EMS 12-Lead
MARCH 19, 2023
He denied any known medical history, specifically: coronary artery disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, heart failure, myocardial infarction, or any prior PCI/stent. No appreciable skin pallor. He reported to be a social drinker, but used tobacco products daily. Here is the time-zero 12 Lead ECG.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Both of these features make inferior + RV MI by far the most likely ( Pseudoanteroseptal MI is another name for this ) There is also sinus bradycardia and t he patient is in shock with hypotension. A narrow complex bradycardia without any P-waves is also likely to respond to atropine, as it may be a junctional rhythm.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 8, 2023
The patient was referred immediately for cath which revealed RCA occlusion that was stented. I completely agree with Dr. Nossen that in this patient with new CP and sinus tachycardia with LAHB — that the T waves in each of the inferior leads are hyperacute ( ie, clearly disproportionately "bulky" given size of the QRS in these leads ).
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
APRIL 8, 2016
There is also bradycardia. Bradycardia puts patients at risk for "pause-dependent" Torsades de Pointes. Torsades in acquired long QT is much more likely in bradycardia because the QT interval following a long pause is longer still. This was stented. The corrected QT interval is extremely long, about 500 ms.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MARCH 8, 2025
Within ten minutes, she developed bradycardia, hypotension, and ST changes on monitor. Bradycardia and heart block are very common in RCA OMI. After stent deployment, we often see improvement in the ST-T within seconds or minutes. Here is the final angiogram following placement of a stent in the ostial RCA.
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