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What would you do with acute chest pain and this ECG? You might see what the Queen thinks.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Three months prior to this presentation, he received a pacemaker for severe bradycardia and syncope due to sinus node dysfunction. The ED provider ordered a coronary CT scan to assess the patient for CAD. His EKG with worse pain now shows enough ST elevation to meet STEMI criteria. This EKG seems to lack it.

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Chest pain, shortness of breath, T wave inversion, and rising troponin in a young healthy runner.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Ct coronary angiogram showed normal coronary arteries. Smith note: I think CT coronary angiogram is reasonable with the elevated troponins and symptoms. Anterior STEMI? This gradual change in P wave morphology as the heart rate varies could be consistent with a wandering atrial pacemaker. What is it?