Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

It has been estimated that in the aggregate, they occur at a rate of about 3 per 1000 patients with acute MI, and most of these events occur in patients with STEMI. A mong patients with STEMI, ventricular septal rupture is the most common and free wall rupture is the least common.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4141279-A4141279, November 12, 2024. Background:Slow flow phenomenon is impaired coronary flow during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in absence of mechanical obstruction, and it is associated with deteriorated outcome. The relationship between salvage index and FSF was shown in figure1.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2016

He also had a history of chronic kidney disease, stage III. Angio had shown some acute disease in the saphenous vein graft to the posterior descending artery off of the RCA. Here is his ED ECG: There is obvious infero-posterior STEMI. What are you worried about in addition to his STEMI? If the patient is at 1.8,

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

50% of LAD STEMI have Q-waves by one hour. Smith : In limb leads, the ST vector is towards lead II (STE lead II STE lead III, which is more likely with pericarditis than with STEMI). Angiography usually reveals an absence of collateral circulation to the infarct zone. Circulation , 88 (3), 896904. See Raitt et al.:

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