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An adolescent with trauma, chest pain, and a wide complex rhythm

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He was discharged and schedule for an outpatient echo which has not been done yet. Accelerated idioventricular rhythm in newborns: a worrisome but benign entity with or without congenital heart disease Here are other examples of Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm, Usually a Reperfusion "Dysrhythmia" I saw this on the computer.

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A man in his 30s with cardiac arrest and STE on the post-ROSC ECG

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Then there is loss of pulses with continued narrow complex on the monitor ("PEA arrest") Learning Points: Sudden witnessed Cardiac Arrest due to ACS is almost always due to dysrhythmia. He had multiple cardiac arrests with ROSC regained each time.

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Syncope, chest pain, and inferior ST Elevation with Reciprocal ST depression in aVL

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Smith : I recognize this as a STEMI mimic. He was admitted for monitoring and had no dysrhythmias. But vasovagal syncope typically has a prodrome such that further evaluation of today's patient may be needed as an outpatient to better assess for the cause of his sudden syncope. I was not alarmed. She is very good.