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A Picture of Subendocardial Ischemia

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This case shows a CT image of subendocardial ischemia. This patient presented with a mechanical fall and had chest pain. His chest pain increased and this ECG was recorded: Now there is increasing inferior ST elevation. Severe Left Main disease, and chest pain with contrast injection into the LM.

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A man in his 30s with cardiac arrest and STE on the post-ROSC ECG

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Written by Pendell Meyers and Peter Brooks MD A man in his 30s with no known past medical history was reported to suddenly experience chest pain and shortness of breath at home in front of his family. Thus, this apparently is Aslanger's Pattern (inferior OMI with single lead STE in lead III, with simultaneous subendocardial ischemia).

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A teenager involved in a motor vehicle collision with abnormal ECG

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Chest trauma was suspected on initial exam. The ECG shows sinus tachycardia with RBBB and LAFB, without clear additional superimposed signs of ischemia. Hopefully a repeat echocardiogram will be performed outpatient. Here is his initial ECG around 1330: What do you think? 1900: RBBB and LAFB are almost fully resolved.

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85 year old with chest pain, STEMI negative, then normal troponin but with relatively large delta: discharge?

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Written by Jesse McLaren, with comments from Smith An 85 year old with a history of CAD presented with 3 hours of chest pain that feels like heartburn but that radiates to the left arm. See this other post: Chest pain, a ‘normal ECG’ a ‘normal trop’, and low HEART and EDACS score: discharge home? Below is the ECG.

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Syncope, chest pain, and inferior ST Elevation with Reciprocal ST depression in aVL

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A 26 year old male presented with syncope and chest pain. No signs of OMI" The chest pain resolved after some time, and another ECG was recorded: The ST Elevation is nearly gone. Doesn't this necessarily mean that he was having ischemia? This appears to be an inferior OMI What do you think?