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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 ... Electrocardiogram #Anterior
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
have no pain - LAD ... avR - proximal LAD ... in avL - early inferior ... electrocardiogram #cardiology ... Interpretation #differential
It starts as sinus rhythm with probable inferior STEMI, but becomes ventricular fibrillation (or polymorphic ventricular
with probable inferior ... STEMI, but becomes ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #EKG #Arrest #VentricularTachycardia
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
on ECG • Conventional ... deviation) • Acute ischemia ... #Equivalents #ECG ... #differential # ... cardiology #electrocardiogram
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
Lead AVR on ECG ... artery (LMCA). left anterior ... predictor of recurrent ischemic ... #differential # ... cardiology
There is inferior ST elevation with reciprocal ST depression in aVL and  in lead I,
There is inferior ... in aVL and in lead ... suggestive of STEMI ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #EKG #STEMI #Inferior
ECG of a 55-year-old man who presented to the ER with chest pain 
Computer interpretation: “Nonspecific
ECG of a 55-year-old ... Hyperacute Inferior ... InferoPosterior transmural ischemia ... #Clinical #Cardiology ... #EKG #STEMI #InferoPosterior
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM

INCLUSION CRITERIA
Acute Myocardial Infarction
ï‚· Ischemic Symptoms
ï‚· EKG and/or biomarker evidence of AMI
SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM ... Infarction ï‚· Ischemic ... Symptoms ï‚· EKG ... evidence of AMI (STEMI ... ACTIVATE CATH LAB
Now there is additional ST elevation in lateral leads, also diagnostic of STEMI. #Clinical #EM #Cardiology
diagnostic of STEMI ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #EKG #STEMI #Inferior
De Winter's T-waves in precordial leads and ST elevation in inferior leads.  There are already
open proximal LAD ... wraparound distal LAD ... addition to the anterior ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #EKG #DeWinter