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What does the angiogram show? The Echo? The CT coronary angiogram? How do you explain this?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

hours T-wave are getting larger again The patient went for an angiogram at about 7 hours after arrival. Angiogram No obstructive epicardial coronary artery disease Cannot exclude non-ACS causes of troponin elevation including coronary vasospasm, stress cardiomyopathy, microvascular disease, etc. IMPRESSION: 1.

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What Lies Beneath

EMS 12-Lead

The combination of prolonged QT and deep T wave inversion throughout the precordium is typical of Takotsubo syndrome, or Stress Cardiomyopathy – which can occur in the context of a physiologically distressed ICU patient, further compromising their hemodynamics. The coronary angiogram revealed no critical stenosis, or acute plaque ulceration.

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A teenager with chest pain, a troponin below the limit of detection, and "benign early repolarization"

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

No family history of sudden cardiac death, cardiomyopathy, premature CAD, or other cardiac issues. Pattern consistent with Takotsubo's cardiomyopathy." Only after her troponin peaked at 500,000 ng/L did she get her angiogram, which showed a 100% left main occlusion due to ruptured plaque. No similar symptoms in the past.

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Electrical instability in a healthy 50 year old. How to manage?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Whenever I see PVCs with the morphology and axis seen in todays case I always look for signs of AC ( Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy ). Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy often manifests with PVCs from the RV. The ECG in Figure-1 however, shows no signs of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy. There were no plaques or stenoses.