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Cardiac Arrest

Echocardiogram

ICU

VF arrest at home, no memory of chest pain. Angiography non-diagnostic. Does this patient need an ICD? You need all the ECGs to know for sure.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 23, 2024

Given the presentation, the cardiologist stented the vessel and the patient returned to the ICU for ongoing critical care. Echocardiogram showed LVEF 66% with normal wall motion and normal diastolic function. Lesions less than 70% are generally considered to be non-flow limiting. Two subsequent troponins were down trending.

Chest Pain

Chest Pain Cardiac Arrest Sudden Cardiac Death Stent

A dialysis patient with nonspecific symptoms and pseudonormalization of ST segments

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

I think a good start would be a posterior EKG and a high quality contrast echocardiogram read by an expert. Fortunately, he was extubated several days later in the ICU with intact baseline mental status and was discharged shortly thereafter to subacute rehab. His prior EF from an ECHO 6 months prior indicated 35% LVEF.

Chest Pain

Chest Pain Myocardial Infarction Cardiac Arrest Ischemia

Cardiovascular Update

VF arrest at home, no memory of chest pain. Angiography non-diagnostic. Does this patient need an ICD? You need all the ECGs to know for sure.

A dialysis patient with nonspecific symptoms and pseudonormalization of ST segments

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