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Instructors' Collection ECGs: Complete AV Block

ECG Guru

I will start the discussion by admitting that I am not an expert of electrophysiology or complex dysrhythmias. I do not know if this patient has a history of cardiac disease or a recent complaint of chest pain, but T wave inversion and some biphasic T waves makes me think of reperfusion changes, reflecting a recent M.I.

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Instructors' Collection ECGs: AV Block

ECG Guru

I will start the discussion by admitting that I am not an expert of electrophysiology or complex dysrhythmias. I do not know if this patient has a history of cardiac disease or a recent complaint of chest pain, but T wave inversion and some biphasic T waves makes me think of reperfusion changes, reflecting a recent M.I.

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A fascinating electrophysiology case. What is this wide complex tachycardia, and how best to manage it?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

She had a single chamber ICD/Pacemaker implanted several years prior due to ventricular tachycardia. She presented to the emergency department after a couple of days of chest discomfort. Learning points *A patient with tachydysrhythmia and chest discomfort needs immediate rhythm or rate control. small squares in width (260ms).

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Syncope and Block

EMS 12-Lead

He received a permanent pacemaker during the subsequent inpatient stay. Smith and Myers found that in otherwise classic Wellens syndrome – that is, prior anginal chest pain that resolves with subsequent dynamic T wave inversions on the ECG – even the T waves of LBBB behave similarly. [2] Hospital transport was unremarkable.

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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

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). Aortic Dissection, Valvular (especially Aortic Stenosis), Tamponade. Syncope with Exertion (EGSYS) 7.

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Chest pain and rapid pacing followed by an unexplained wide complex tachycardia. Time for cardioversion?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Written by Willy Frick with edits by Ken Grauer An older man with a history of non-ischemic HFrEF s/p CRT and mild coronary artery disease presented with chest pain. He said he had had three episodes of chest pain that day while urinating. How does a pacemaker accomplish RBBB morphology? ECG 1 What do you think?