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Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
Function Test (LFTs) Elevation ... SinaiBmoreIMRes #Liver #FunctionTest ... #LFTs #Elevation
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 ... 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 ... Electrocardiogram #Clinical
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
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
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
Differentiating type-I vs. type-II MI

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

A key
relying heavily on clinical ... pain and troponin elevation ... Type2 #Definition #NSTEMI
Wraparound LAD STEMI on EKG
47 year old with chest pain. Ectopic atrial rhythm with ST elevations.
Wraparound LAD STEMI ... rhythm with ST elevations ... Wraparound #LAD #STEMI ... #EKG #clinical
Wraparound LAD STEMI on Cardiac Cath
47 year old with chest pain. Ectopic atrial rhythm with ST
Wraparound LAD STEMI ... rhythm with ST elevations ... Wraparound #LAD #STEMI ... #clinical #cardiology
De Winter T Wave on ECG

Diagnostic Criteria
 - Tall, prominent, symmetric T waves in the precordial
Absence of ST elevation ... - ST segment elevation ... aVR - “Normal” STEMI ... TWaves #ECG #EKG #Clinical