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Torsade in a patient with left bundle branch block: is there a long QT? (And: Left Bundle Pacing).

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

CT of the chest showed no pulmonary embolism but bibasilar infiltrates. Place temporary pacemaker 3. It should be kept in mind that on occasions, beta-one agonist can result in increased ventricular ectopy e.g., in severe myocardial ischemia (by increasing myocardial demand), or sometimes with congenital long-QT syndrome.

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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Evidence of acute ischemia (may be subtle) vii. Negative predictors of adverse outcome: Pacemaker Pre-syncope or "near-syncope," but there is still some small risk (5, 18) These last two are identified in studies, but I consider them dangerous signs and symptoms in their own right, as above: 10. Left BBB vi. Pathologic Q-waves viii.

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Patient is informed of her husband's death: is it OMI or it stress cardiomyopathy?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Third, a slow motion segment showing delayed, brisk filling of the PDA due to dislodgment of a thrombus from contrast injection and distal embolization. A distal RCA lesion ( blue arrow ), Delayed brisk filling of an initially occluded PDA due to a thrombus dislodged during injection which embolized distally.