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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
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 ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Clinical #Cardiology
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
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
Focal Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on Ventriculogram Angiography 

55 year old, severe chest pain after death of close
close relative, ECG ... diagnosis was STEMI ... well, seems FOCAL type ... MIDVENTRICULAR type ... Ventriculogram #Angiogram #clinical
Wraparound LAD STEMI on EKG
47 year old with chest pain. Ectopic atrial rhythm with ST elevations.
Wraparound LAD STEMI ... on EKG 47 year ... rhythm with ST elevations ... Wraparound #LAD #STEMI ... #EKG #clinical
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 ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #EKG #STEMI #Inferior
De Winter T Wave on ECG

Diagnostic Criteria
 - Tall, prominent, symmetric T waves in the precordial
Winter T Wave on ECG ... Absence of ST elevation ... - ST segment elevation ... aVR - “Normal” STEMI ... #EKG #Clinical
Double Valve Sign - Type A Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram

STEMI on EKG: check the echo!
Double Valve Sign - Type ... Echocardiogram STEMI ... on EKG: check the ... DoubleValve #Sign #TypeA ... #plax #clinical
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Causes of Lactate Elevation ... by excretion (e.g ... of lactate as a clinical ... a multitude of clinical ... the appropriate clinical