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Watch what happens when "pericarditis" and morphine cloud your judgment

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Submitted and written by Alex Bracey with edits by Pendell Meyers and Steve Smith Case A 50ish year old man with a history of CAD w/ prior LAD MI s/p LAD stenting presented to the ED with chest pain similar to his prior MI, but worse. The pain initially started the day prior to presentation. The ST elevation from today is ~0.2

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** **ACUTE MI/STEMI** **: Activate the cath lab if the patient has chest pain?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

She did not even need to ask in this case, because even if the patient presented with chest pain, she would call it NEGATIVE. Fortunately, the physicians seeing the patient were using the Queen of Hearts PM Cardio AI ECG OMI Model, and she had absolutely no concerns.