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Suspected ACS - OMI vs STEMI - Differential Algorithm

The name STEMI cognitively inspires EPs to fail
- Differential ... Algorithm The ... believe that the ST segment ... is the only ECG ... #Differential #
Owing to the morbidity and need for urgent treatment, STEMI is the default diagnosis is patients
urgent treatment, STEMI ... patients with ST elevations ... features of the EKG ... #ECG #STElevation ... #STSegment #Differential
Here’s an ECG of a patient with 100% Acute LAD Occlusion

Remember that RBBB normally has ST
100% Acute LAD Occlusion ... So ANY ST Elevation ... isolectric ST segment ... have ’relative elevation ... STEMI Criteria misses
De Winter T-Waves on EKG
 - Anterior OMI
 - 2% of left anterior descending occlusions
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anterior descending occlusions ... before or after STEMI ... - look for ST elevation ... - Upsloping ST segment ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Causes of ST Segment ... Elevation - Differential ... #ST #STEMI #Segment ... #Elevation #differential ... diagnosis #cardiology #ecg
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
STEMI - Elevation ... of ST segment at ... in a convex ST-segment ... indistinguishable from ST-segment ... #differential #