Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

He was rushed by residents into our critical care room with a diagnosis of STEMI, and they handed me this ECG: There is sinus tachycardia with ST elevation in II, III, and aVF, as well as V4-V6. ACS and STEMI generally do not cause tachycardia unless there is cardiogenic shock. He had this ECG recorded. Are the lungs clear?

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STEMI Cardiogenic Shock Tachycardia Aneurysm 52

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JULY 22, 2012

Interpretation: There is sinus tachycardia, with right bundle branch block (RBBB). 5) Myocardial contusion (edema and hemorrhage in the myocardium) which may result in dysrhythmias, blocks (especially RBBB as here), and poor cardiac contractility, including wall motion abnormalities. She was intubated.

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Dysrhythmia Biomarkers Echocardiogram Ultrasound 52

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The ECG shows sinus tachycardia, a narrow, low voltage QRS with alternating amplitudes, no peaked T waves, no QT prolongation, and some minimal ST elevation in II, III, and aVF (without significant reciprocal STD or T wave inversion in aVL). It is difficult to tell if there is collapse during diastole due to the patient’s tachycardia.

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Tachycardia Pericarditis Ultrasound Blood Pressure 40

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NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Systematic Assessment of the ECG in Figure-1: My Descriptive Analysis of ECG findings in Figure-1 is as follows: Sinus tachycardia at ~110/minute. A slightly prolonged QTc ( although this is difficult to assess given the tachycardia ). A emergent cardiology consult can be helpful for equivocal cases. A normal PR interval.

Ischemia 52

Ischemia STEMI Stenosis Chest Pain 52

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AUGUST 9, 2024

Automatic activity refers to enhanced pacemaking function (typically from a non sinus node source), for example atrial tachycardia. However the patient continued to have chest pain and bedside ultrasound showed hypokinesis of the septum with significantly reduced LVEF. The most common triggered arrhythmia is Torsades de Pointes.

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Chest Pain Arrhythmia Myocardial Infarction STEMI 106

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APRIL 8, 2015

Check : [vitals, SOB, Chest Pain, Ultrasound] If the patient has Abdominal Pain, Chest Pain, Dyspnea or Hypoxemia, Headache, Hypotension , then these should be considered the primary chief complaint (not syncope). Also consider non-hemorrhagic volume depletion, dehydration : orthostatic vitals may uncover this [see Mendu et al. (3)].

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Arrhythmia Outcomes Risk Factors Chest Pain 52