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Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
or R/S>I STEMI Equivalents ... / Don't Miss Signs ... bigger than QRS - deWinter ... electrocardiogram #cardiology ... #STEMI #Equivalents
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
STEMI Equivalents ... J point • De Winter ... V2 • Wellens sign ... deviation) • Acute ischemia ... #differential #cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
) Summary Symptoms ... Decompensated HF • New ischemia ... • Absence of P waves ... possibly better: • Symptom ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
is unconscious, signs ... of cardiac ischaemia ... depression • T wave ... is conscious, symptoms ... consultation with cardiology
EKG in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
The sensitivity and specificity for EKG findings in acute PE are low.
EKG
cardio-pulmonary symptoms ... Arrhythmia* (e.g., A-Fib ... • Dominant R Wave ... ECG leads) RV Ischemia ... AcutePE #diagnosis #cardiology