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EM Quick Hits 59 Traumatic Coronary Artery Dissection, Proper Use of Insulin, Mesenteric Ischemia, Exercise Associated Hyponatremia, AI for OMI

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50 yo with V fib has ROSC, then these 2 successive ECGs: what is the infarct artery?

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This usually represents posterior OMI, but in tachycardia and especially after cardiac arrest, this could simply be demand ischemia, residual subendocardial ischemia due to the low flow state of the cardiac arrest. This rules out subendocardial ischemia and is diagnostic of posterior OMI. V4-5 continue to show STD.