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Acute Chest Pain: a basic differential diagnosis to consider, and key points

#Chestpain; #STEMI; #NSTEMI; 

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Acute Chest Pain ... : a basic differential ... diagnosis to consider ... #Chestpain; #STEMI ... : A case based clinical
ECG of a 32-year-old lady with chest pain. 

Cath showed 100% proximal LAD Occlusion.
lady with chest pain ... Occlusion #ECG #EKG #STEMI ... #Clinical #ECG ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Cardiology
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
-4 can have no pain ... Ischemia #ECG #EKG #diagnosis ... #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #STEMI ... Interpretation #differential
Inverted P Waves:
(A) Ectopic atrial rhythm
(B) Junctional rhythm 

#Inverted #PWaves #cardiology #diagnosis #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram #differential
Inverted #PWaves #cardiology ... #diagnosis #ekg ... #ecg #electrocardiogram ... #differential # ... clinical
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
accompanied by chest pain ... accompanied by chest pain ... Equivalents #ECG #EKG #diagnosis ... #differential # ... cardiology #electrocardiogram
Focal Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on Ventriculogram Angiography 

55 year old, severe chest pain after death of close
, severe chest pain ... relative, ECG diagnosis ... was STEMI AW. ... Ventriculogram #Angiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #cathlab
Wellen's Syndrome 
Type A - Biphasic T wave 
Type B - Deeply inverted T wave
specific for a critical ... artery • May be pain ... Classification #Types #Cardiology ... #EKG #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #Diagnosis
Modified Sgarbossa Criteria - Diagnostic Checklist for diagnosing MI in LBBB or Pacemaker
1) Identify LBBB or
Checklist for diagnosing ... direction to QRS main ... Criteria - Suspect STEMI ... Checklist #EKG #electrocardiogram ... #ecg #cardiology
Wellens Syndrome on EKG
Associated with a critical stenosis of the proximal LAD, suggestive of impending infarction
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Associated with a critical ... infarction - Present in pain-free ... Syndrome #EKG #ecg #cardiology ... #electrocardiogram ... #diagnosis
Hyperkalemia on EKG
"Mild" Hyperkalemia
 • Peaked, narrow-based T Waves
 • Double counting of HR by EKG
waves • Pseudo-STEMI ... Hyperkalemia #EKG #ECG #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #clinical