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Viral symptoms, then acute chest pain and this ECG. What do you do?

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He presented to the ED because he developed sudden severe, sharp, pleuritic (but not positional), substernal and left mid to lower chest pain. Another similar case: Teenager with chest pain and slightly elevated troponin. He had this ECG at time 0 What do you think? What happens then? Pericarditis?

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Our OMI Toolbox Application is out now !

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Furthermore, some ECGs may not meet the STEMI criteria but may still be diagnostic for acute coronary occlusion (ACO). The App can be download from Apple App Store and Google Play Store in English, Turkish, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Azerbaijani ( according to your phone's language ). For download: Enjoy !

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Two patients with RBBB

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Case 2: sent by Dr. James Alva A man in his 50s with diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia presented to the ED with chest pain and shortness of breath off and on over the past three days, with associated vomiting. There is also much STE in V3-V6, especially V4-V6, that must be considered to be STEMI. Peak troponin was 3.21

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ECG Blog #472 — At Least 4 Major Findings

Ken Grauer, MD

The ECG in Figure-1 was obtained from a middle-aged man who presents to the ED ( E mergency D epartment ) with 6 hours of chest pain. Figure-1: The initial ECG in today's case obtained from a middle-aged man with 6 hours of chest pain. ( He is hemodynamically stable.

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Abdominal Pain in a middle-aged patient

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

No chest pain. He also did his cardiology fellowship at my institution, Hennepin County Medical Center. He runs the Parallax podcast, and he inteviewed me on that Podcast this year. hs Trop I is 15,000. I think it is OMI. Taking her to the cath lab. Could be LAD.