Cardiac Arrest, COVID-19 and Tachycardia

Extreme shock and cardiac arrest in COVID patient

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

This is a 30-something healthy patient presented with COVID pneumonia who presented to the ED. A bedside cardiac ultrasound was normal, with no effusion. A bedside cardiac ultrasound was normal, with no effusion. An elevated troponin in a COVID patient confers about 4x the risk of mortality than a normal one.

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Cardiac Arrest COVID-19 Myocardial Infarction Cardiogenic Shock

Unconscious + STEMI criteria: activate the cath lab?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 21, 2023

The relationship between J wave and ventricular tachycardia during Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Prominent J waves and ventricular fibrillation caused by myocarditis and pericarditis after BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccination. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2008 Choi SH, Lee OH, Yoon G-S, et al.

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Extreme shock and cardiac arrest in COVID patient

Unconscious + STEMI criteria: activate the cath lab?

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