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Right precordial ST depression in a patient with chest pain

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A 70-year-old man calls 911 after experiencing sudden, severe chest pain. Significance of ST segment elevations in posterior chest leads (V7-V9) in patients with acute inferior myocardial infarction: application for thrombolytic therapy. This case comes from Sam Ghali ( @EM_RESUS ). Thanks, Sam! Am J Cardiol.

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A Tough ECG, But Learn From It!

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This was my thought: if this patient presented to the ED with chest pain, then this is an LAD occlusion. Usefulness of automated serial 12-lead ECG monitoring during the initial emergency department evaluation of patients with chest pain. Ann Emerg Med 1998;31(1):3-11. Wang T, Zhang M, Fu Y, et al. Marti D et al.

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