Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

She had idiopathic ventricular fibrillation in 1992, treated with an EPD (Picture 1A), later replaced by a transvenous ICD.She was diagnosed with left femoral deep venous thrombosis and bilateral pulmonary embolism and started on therapeutic anticoagulation.

Defibrillator 40

Defibrillator Cardiac Arrest Sudden Cardiac Death Coronary Angiogram 40

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

As in all ischemia interpretations with OMI findings, the findings can be due to type 1 AMI (example: acute coronary plaque rupture and thrombosis) or type 2 AMI (with or without fixed CAD, with severe regional supply/demand mismatch essentially equaling zero blood flow). CT angiogram showed extensive saddle pulmonary embolism.

Cardiac Arrest 52

Cardiac Arrest Chest Pain Embolism Pulmonary 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

CT angiogram chest: no aortic dissection or pulmonary embolism. Serial chest xrays: progressive bilateral pulmonary edema. Pericarditis? No further troponins were measured. Echo: severely dilated LV, severely reduced EF at 10%, severe hypokinesis of LV from mid-apical segments with basal segments better preserved.

Chest Pain 52

Chest Pain Aneurysm STEMI Thrombosis 52