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A 50-something with Regular Wide Complex Tachycardia: What to do if electrical cardioversion does not work?

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Shocked x 2 without effect. Pads were placed with ultrasound guidance, so they were in the correct position. Cardiology was consulted and the patient underwent coronary angiogram which showed diffuse severe three-vessel disease. Coronary angiogram shows diffuse severe three-vessel disease. What to do now?

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90 year old with acute chest and epigastric pain, and diffuse ST depression with reciprocal STE in aVR: activate the cath lab?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

An elderly man with sudden cardiogenic shock, diffuse ST depressions, and STE in aVR Literature 1. We investigated the incidence of an acutely occluded coronary in patients presenting with STE-aVR with multi-lead ST depression. A emergent cardiology consult can be helpful for equivocal cases. Left main? 3-vessel disease?

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Diffuse Subendocardial Ischemia on the ECG. Left main? 3-vessel disease? No!

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Smith comment: This patient did not have a bedside ultrasound. Had one been done, it would have shown a feature that is apparent on this ultrasound (however, this patient's LV function would not be as good as in this clip): This is recorded with the LV on the right. Aortic angiogram did not reveal aortic dissection.