Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 17, 2018

Answer: "It does not look like myocardial infarction". Let's look at the ED ECG more closely: Sinus rhythm There is ST Elevation in anterior leads: V2-V6 There is ST elevation in I, II, aVL Why is this not STEMI? ECG Diagnosis: Normal variant ST Elevation vs. Pericarditis. What do you think? He sent the prehospital ECG.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 17, 2018

PR depression, which suggests pericarditis 4. We also showed that, of 47 cases of pericarditis with ST elevation, none had ST depression in aVL. ) The goal of the present analysis was to examine whether the presence of tachycardia identified patients unlikely to have type 1 myocardial infarction.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

First, many on Twitter said "Pericarditis". This is NOT pericarditis, which virtually NEVER has ST depression any where except aVR. See our publication: ST depression in lead aVL differentiates inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction from pericarditis There is STE in inferior leads, high lateral leads, and V4-V6.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 3, 2023

As myocardial infarction (MI) and many other diagnoses (for example left ventricular hypertrophy, prior MI etc.) Furthermore, some ECGs may not meet the STEMI criteria but may still be diagnostic for acute coronary occlusion (ACO).

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

AUGUST 6, 2024

These latter findings are typical of pericarditis, but pericarditis never has reciprocal ST depression. The ECG is diagnostic of occlusion myocardial infarction (OMI). It definitely does not fulfill STEMI criteria, and I would argue that it would not lead to cath lab activation in most centers.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 11, 2016

Appearance of abnormal Q waves early in the course of acute myocardial infarction: implications for efficacy of thrombolytic therapy. cm diameter in the apex The presence of thrombus led the clinicians to state that this was a "late presentation STEMI." Myocardial Rupture and Postinfarction Pericarditis.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

This is a bad ST vector orientation, because it causes widespread STE and one of the most important mistakes that needs to be avoided here is thinking of the diagnosis of pericarditis. Such an out-of-proportion STE is virtually never seen in pericarditis. Considerations on the naming of myocardial infarctions. 2019.09465.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

The limb leads have been removed because there was no ST elevation in those leads, the QRS complexes have been obscured because this is irrelevant to STEMI criteria, and red lines have been added to measure ST segment elevation. But STEMI criteria ignore all this and look at ST segments in isolation.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 11, 2019

You do NOT see this in normal variant STE, nor in pericarditis. Cardiac Troponin Changes to Distinguish Type 1 and Type 2 Myocardial Infarction and 180-Day Mortality Risk. Here is the computer interpretation: (Veritas algorithm) This is what I said: "This is diagnostic of an acute inferior MI. Murakami M.

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