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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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STEMI with Life-Threatening Hypokalemia and Incessant Torsades de Pointes

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A late middle-aged man presented with one hour of chest pain. Serum Magnesium and Potassium in Acute Myocardial Infarction Influence on Ventricular Arrhythmias Henryk Kafka, MD; Lorrie Langevin, RN; Paul W. Most recent echo showed EF of 60%. He also had a history of chronic kidney disease, stage III. 1987;147(3):465-469.

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