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Schema for documenting a type 1 MI, type 2 MI, or non-MI troponin elevation based on
non-MI troponin elevation ... based on clinical ... Infarction #Troponin #Elevation ... #Type1 #Type2 # ... Billing #Guideline #NSTEMI
Reperfusion Management of Myocardial Infarction with ST-segment Elevation (STEMI)

#STEMI #PCI #Fibrinolysis #Transfer #Reperfusion #Algorithm #Timeline #Cardiology
with ST-segment Elevation ... (STEMI) #STEMI ... #Reperfusion #Algorithm ... #Timeline #Cardiology
Recommendations for initial management of Unstable Angina/NSTEMI

Flowchart for class I and class lla recommendations for initial
Unstable Angina/NSTEMI ... — ST-segment elevation ... infarction (UA/NS TEMI ... UnstableAngina #Management #Algorithm ... #Cardiology #Medication
Differentiating type-I vs. type-II MI

Sorting this out is difficult, often relying heavily on clinical judgement.

A key
Differentiating type-I ... vs. type-II MI ... relying heavily on clinical ... pain and troponin elevation ... #NSTEMI #Comparison
Here’s an ECG of a patient with 100% Acute LAD Occlusion

Remember that RBBB normally has ST
So ANY ST Elevation ... have ’relative elevation ... STEMI Criteria misses ... Electrocardiogram #Clinical ... #Cardiology
Pericardial Clot on Echocardiogram

ST elevation of acute pericarditis was misdiagnosed as STEMI and thrombolysed with SK
Echocardiogram ST elevation ... misdiagnosed as STEMI ... Echocardiogram #POCUS #clinical ... #cardiology #a4c
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Focal Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on Ventriculogram Angiography 

55 year old, severe chest pain after death of close
diagnosis was STEMI ... well, seems FOCAL type ... MIDVENTRICULAR type ... Ventriculogram #Angiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #cathlab
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Now there is additional ST elevation in lateral leads, also diagnostic of STEMI. #Clinical #EM #Cardiology
additional ST elevation ... diagnostic of STEMI ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #EKG #STEMI #Inferior
There is inferior ST elevation with reciprocal ST depression in aVL and  in lead I,
is inferior ST elevation ... suggestive of STEMI ... in V1) with ST elevation ... suggestive of STEMI ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology
Myocardial Injury Classification
Chronic myocardial injury: Chronic heart failure, Cardiomyopathy, Hypertension, CKD/ESRD
Acute nonischemic myocardial injury:
 - Primary
non-cardiac illness: Critical ... infarction: - Type ... disruption - Type ... Classification #diagnosis #cardiology ... #troponemia #NSTEMI