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Syncope and ST Elevation on the Prehospital ECG

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Discussion Thus, no further ECGs were recorded and there was no angiogram or stress test or CT coronary angiogram. Nevertheless, I don't think a thrombosis related type I MI was ruled out here simply because the patient refused further evaluation. IF you really need to know about chamber size Get an Echo.

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Abstract 4139677: A rare case of ventriculobronchial fistula caused by an epicardial defibrillator patch

Circulation

She had idiopathic ventricular fibrillation in 1992, treated with an EPD (Picture 1A), later replaced by a transvenous ICD.She was diagnosed with left femoral deep venous thrombosis and bilateral pulmonary embolism and started on therapeutic anticoagulation. She was transferred to our institution for further evaluation.

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A teenager with chest pain, a troponin below the limit of detection, and "benign early repolarization"

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

CT angiogram chest: no aortic dissection or pulmonary embolism. Serial chest xrays: progressive bilateral pulmonary edema. Only after her troponin peaked at 500,000 ng/L did she get her angiogram, which showed a 100% left main occlusion due to ruptured plaque. No further troponins were measured. Was this coincidence? —