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LVH with anterior ST Elevation. When is it anterior STEMI?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

would require the ST/S ratio to be 25% for diagnosis of STEMI in LVH. The physician was concerned about STEMI, but also worried that she was overreacting, with the potential that LVH was producing a "STEMI-mimic." Can you diagnose an ACO (STEMI) when you also have LVH? The criteria of Armstrong et al. References 1.

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What can you find with continuous ST monitoring in the ED?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The first EKG was concerning for a Wellen’s-like pattern of subtle reperfusion changes in the setting of stuttering anginal-equivalent symptoms, but none were diagnostic of STEMI or OMI. A good size infarct that no longer has active ischemia will have continually rising troponins due to the damage that was done hours ago.

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Heart Pump Improves Survival After Severe Heart Attacks

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The new trial, called DanGer Shock , is the first trial powered to examine whether the use of micro-axial flow pumps can improve survival in ST-elevation myocardial infarctions (STEMI, the most serious type of heart attack) that are complicated by cardiogenic shock. Among 355 patients who were included in the analysis, 58.5%