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Inpatient Cath Lab Indications
Cath Lab ASAP:
STEMI
NSTEMI:
1. Unstable/cardiogenic shock
2. Severe LV dysfunction or
3. Recurrent/persistent rest angina despite
ASAP: STEMI NSTEMI ... w/in 24 h: NSTEMI ... prior to d/c: NSTEMI ... troponin Medical Rx: NSTEMI ... #Indications #Cardiac
LAD STEMI on with Anterior Hypokinesis POCUS Echocardiogram

What's the diagnosis?? 63 year old with BP of
LAD STEMI on with ... Anterior Hypokinesis POCUS ... echo: proximal LAD ... #Hypokinesis #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #clinical
Proximal LAD STEMI with Anterior Wall Akinesis on POCUS

If you have trouble appreciating regional wall motion
Proximal LAD STEMI ... Wall Akinesis on POCUS ... with a proximal LAD ... #STEMI #Clinical ... #POCUS
Myocardial Infarction - Definition and Types

Type 1 - Spontaneous Myocardial Infarction
 - Atherosclerotic plaque rupture or
Condition other than CAD ... supply and/or demand ... Type 3 - Cardiac ... #Definitions #NSTEMI ... #Type1 #Type2 #Demand
LAD Coronary Artery Dissection on POCUS

Severe CP x 1 hour, Ant/Sept STEMI on EKG.  ED
LAD Coronary Artery ... Dissection on POCUS ... hour, Ant/Sept STEMI ... Artery #Dissection #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #PSAX #Clinical
Proximal LAD STEMI on EKG

Pt required pressors to get to PCI.

Eric Abrams, MD @eabramsMD

#Proximal #LAD #STEMI
Proximal LAD STEMI ... #Proximal #LAD ... #STEMI #EKG #ECG ... #clinical #cardiology
ECG of a 32-year-old lady with chest pain. 

Cath showed 100% proximal LAD Occlusion.
a 32-year-old lady ... 100% proximal LAD ... Occlusion #ECG #EKG #STEMI ... #Clinical #ECG
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM

INCLUSION CRITERIA
Acute Myocardial Infarction
 Ischemic Symptoms
 EKG and/or biomarker evidence of AMI
evidence of AMI (STEMI ... or NSTEMI) Cardiogenic ... ACTIVATE CATH LAB ... Fick calculated cardiac ... IF LVEDP >15 or Cardiac
Wraparound LAD on Cardiac Catheterization

Answer: Proximal “Wraparound” LAD

Here’s a beautiful angiogram shot after reperfusion. Follow the
Wraparound LAD on ... Cardiac Catheterization ... Follow the LAD down ... #Cardiac #Catheterization ... CathLab #cardiology #clinical
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
Cardiac Rupture ... Shortly after had ... cardiac arrest. ... MyocardialInfarction #AMI #POCUS ... Cardiology #A4c #clinical