Chest Pain Dysrhythmia Myocardial Infarction 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
FEBRUARY 8, 2015
I also believe that we physicians and medics are eager to treat dysrhythmias, and we want to see them even when they are not there. Dilated pupils and hypertension are a strong clue to sympathetic overload, but don't forget anticholinergic syndromes, including tricyclics! Marcus, G. Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JULY 31, 2018
This is diagnostic of myocardial infarction. Now you have ECG and troponin evidence of ischemia, AND ventricular dysrhythmia, which means this is NOT a stable ACS. She felt more comfortable being admitted. Subsequent events: Later, before being taken to her room, the 2nd troponin returned at 1.01 Int J Cardiol. 2016;207:341–348.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 19, 2016
It was edited by Smith CASE : A 52-year-old male with a past medical history of hypertension and COPD summoned EMS with complaints of chest pain, weakness and nausea. myocardial infarction), arrhythmias, valvular pathology, shunts, or outflow obstructions.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
APRIL 8, 2016
A late middle-aged man presented with one hour of chest pain. Could the dysrhythmias have been prevented? Severe hypokalemia in the setting of STEMI or dysrhythmias is life-threatening and needs very rapid treatment. Literature on Hypokalemia as a risk for ventricular fibrillation in acute myocardial infarction.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
APRIL 8, 2015
Check : [vitals, SOB, Chest Pain, Ultrasound] If the patient has Abdominal Pain, Chest Pain, Dyspnea or Hypoxemia, Headache, Hypotension , then these should be considered the primary chief complaint (not syncope). Old myocardial infarction, 6. to 1.45) for fatal or nonfatal stroke.
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