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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

I find AV dissociation in VT to be very difficult to differentiate from artifact, as there are always random blips on tachycardia tracings. If you don't know what the dysrhythmia is, then try procainamide. Read this post: Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardias for the EM Physician 2. Ken notes AV dissociation. What to do now?

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

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Authors' commentary: Cardiogenic shock in the setting of severe aortic stenosis. This patient’s severe aortic stenosis (AS) and associated severe cardiogenic shock likely created the ECG pattern, resulting in a very difficult challenge for our inpatient team. If you can use Doppler, then you can diagnose it.