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Acute-onset palpitation and presyncope in a young male

Heart BMJ

He was haemodynamically stable (BP 100/60) in the emergency room and had monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) in the ECG. His coronary angiogram (CAG) is shown in figure 1 ( ). His coronary angiogram (CAG) is shown in figure 1 ( ). Figure 1 (A–C) Coronary angiogram of left and right coronary arteries. (D)

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A 50-something with Regular Wide Complex Tachycardia: What to do if electrical cardioversion does not work?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

I find AV dissociation in VT to be very difficult to differentiate from artifact, as there are always random blips on tachycardia tracings. Cardiology was consulted and the patient underwent coronary angiogram which showed diffuse severe three-vessel disease. Coronary angiogram shows diffuse severe three-vessel disease.

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Case Report: Comprehensive evaluation of ECG phenotypes and genotypes in a family with Brugada syndrome carrying SCN5A-R376H

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Patients with BrS can be asymptomatic or present with symptoms secondary to polymorphic ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation. The routine laboratory results, imaging study, coronary angiogram, and echocardiogram (ECG) were normal. The patient did not have underlying diseases.

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Is all this "ST Depression" due to ischemia?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Will you accept this patient for emergent coronary angiogram based on the ECG changes? Putting all the findings together; dyspnea, slight tachycardia, delayed R-wave progression, prominent lateral S waves and ST depression maximal where the P waves are largest all point toward pulmonary disease as the cause of the ECG findings.

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Critical Left Main

EMS 12-Lead

Category 1 : Sudden narrowing of a coronary artery due to ACS (plaque rupture with thrombosis and/or downstream showering of platelet-fibrin aggregates. It’s judicious, then, to arrange for coronary angiogram. Supply-demand mismatch (non-occlusive coronary disease, or exacerbation of preexisting flow insufficiency) a.

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ECG Blog #386 — OMI or Something Else?

Ken Grauer, MD

Given the rapid rate of the tachycardia and the amorphous shape of the QRS — the decision was made to sedate the patient and cardiovert. This phenomenon may sometimes be seen following an episode of a sustained tachycardia — in which marked ST-T wave abnormalities not due to infarction may be seen for a period of hours, or even days!

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A 30-something woman with intermittent CP, a HEART score of 2 and a Negative CT Coronary Angiogram on the same day

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A CT Coronary angiogram was ordered. Here are the results: --Minimally obstructive coronary artery disease. --LAD Although a lesion is not visible anatomically on this CT scan, coronary catheter angiography could be considered based on Cardiology evaluation." A repeat troponin returned at 0.45 CAD-RADS category 1. --No