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Acute chest pain and ST Elevation. CT done to look for aortic dissection.

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Written by Willy Frick A 67 year old man with a history of hypertension presented with three days of chest pain radiating to his back. This ECG together with these symptoms is certainly concerning for OMI, but the ECG is not fully diagnostic, and another consideration could be acute pericarditis. What do you think?

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ECG Blog #448 — A Young Man with Chest Pain.

Ken Grauer, MD

For example, considering whatever symptoms that the patient may have had ( ie, chest pain, palpitations, shortness of breath, etc. ) — what this might mean in view of the ECG we are looking at. The sinus tachycardia is a definite concern that something acute may be ongoing. Figure-2: I've labeled t he initial ECG.

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A 29 year old male with chest pain, ST Elevation, and very elevated troponin T

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By Magnus Nossen This ECG is from a young man with no risk factors for CAD, he presented with chest pain. The patient is a young adult male with chest pain. The chest pain was described as pressure like and radiation to both arms and the jaw. It is easy to say pericarditis in such a case.

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Three prehospital ECGs in patients with chest pain

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Written by Magnus Nossen with Edits by Grauer and Smith The ECGs in today’s case are from 3 different patients all presenting with new-onset CP ( Chest Pain ). These latter findings are typical of pericarditis, but pericarditis never has reciprocal ST depression. This is OMI until proven otherwise.

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Chest Pain and Inferior ST Elevation.

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A middle-aged patient with lung cancer had presented to clinic complaining of generalized malaise, cough, and chest pain. There is sinus tachycardia. Symptoms other than chest pain (malaise, cough in a cancer patient) 2. Sinus tachycardia, which exaggerates ST segments and implies that there is another pathology.

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Why the sudden shock after a few days of malaise?

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This is a value typical for a large subacute MI, n ormal value 48 hours after myocardial infarction is associated with Post-Infarction Regional Pericarditis ( PIRP ). Sinus tachycardia has many potential causes. This is especially true for the elderly patient with sinus tachycardia. What is the cause of the sudden tachycardia?

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"Pericarditis" strikes again

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Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his late 40s with several ACS risk factors presented with a chief complaint of chest pain. Several hours prior to presentation, while driving his truck, he started experiencing new central chest pain, without radiation, aggravating/alleviating factors, or other associated symptoms.