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A Child with Blunt Trauma

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Blunt cardiac injury my result in : 1) Acute myocardial rupture with tamponade 2) Valve rupture (tricuspid, aortic, mitral) 3) Coronary thrombosis or dissection (and thus Acute MI) from direct coronary blunt injury 4) Dysrhythmias of all kinds. In the ED, ultrasound showed hemopericardium with tamponade.

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

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A bedside cardiac ultrasound was normal. 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. His chest was tender. IVCD type rhythm ??