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

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Past medical history includes coronary stenting 17 years prior. If you take old people with a history of MI (he had a stent), that percentage goes far higher since there is scar tissue that acts as a nidus for the PVCs that initiate VT. If you don't know what the dysrhythmia is, then try procainamide. What to do now?

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

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Assessment : Cardiology thought this was cardiogenic shock from RV dysfunction. The estimated left ventricular ejection fraction is 40-45%. Probable anterior and anterolateral wall hypokinesis. Right ventricular enlargement. Decreased right ventricular systolic performance. There was no pulmonary embolism.