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

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The patient was transported to the CCU for further medical optimization where a pulmonary artery catheter was placed. Authors' commentary: Cardiogenic shock in the setting of severe aortic stenosis. Fundamentally, cardiogenic shock is an issue of decreased cardiac output.

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Unresponsive and Acidotic: OMI? Acute, subacute, or reperfused? What is the rhythm? Why RV dysfunction? Can CT scan help?

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It did not show pulmonary embolism or intra-abdominal pathology, but it did show this: See the dark area at the bottom of the image? Assessment : Cardiology thought this was cardiogenic shock from RV dysfunction. Smith Comment: the RV was very ischemic on the CT scan and dysfunctional on echo, and this does explain the shock.