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Which patient needs a CT scan?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

She had this ECG recorded: Obvious massive anterior STEMI She was quickly brought to the critical care area and the cath lab was activated. The blood pressure was 170/100 in the critical care area. Here is the ECG at 25 minutes: Terrible LAD STEMI (+) OMI So a CT scan was done which of course showed a normal aorta.