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Modified Sgarbossa Criteria - Diagnostic Checklist for diagnosing MI in LBBB or Pacemaker
1) Identify LBBB or
diagnosing MI in LBBB ... Criteria - Suspect STEMI ... b) Concordant STD ... Diagnosis #Checklist #EKG ... electrocardiogram #ecg
The electrocardiogram in the ACS patient: high-risk electrocardiographic presentations lacking anatomically oriented ST-segment elevation

#Diagnosis #Cardiology #ECG
electrocardiogram in the ACS ... anatomically oriented ST-segment ... Diagnosis #Cardiology #ECG ... #EKG #STEMI #Equivalents
Suspected ACS - OMI vs STEMI - Differential Algorithm

The name STEMI cognitively inspires EPs to fail
Suspected ACS - ... Algorithm The ... believe that the ST ... segment is the only ECG ... EMN @EMNews #ACS
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
Approach to ECGs ... = Biomarkers + ECG ... new/old infarct STEMI ... in V1, unless LBBB ... #Ischemia #ECG
ECG of a 55-year-old man who presented to the ER with chest pain 
Computer interpretation: “Nonspecific
ECG of a 55-year-old ... Recognize this #ECG ... Reciprocal STD in ... STD in V2 (posterior ... #STEMI #InferoPosterior
Here’s an ECG of a patient with 100% Acute LAD Occlusion

Remember that RBBB normally has ST
Here’s an ECG of ... Remember that RBBB ... normally has ST ... STEMI Criteria misses ... Occlusion #Total #ECG
Modified Sgarbossa Criteria for diagnosing STEMI in the presence of a LBBB If there is concordant
for diagnosing STEMI ... presence of a LBBB ... same direction as ... B: Concordant STD ... Modified #Criteria #LBBB
How should the modified Sgarbossa Criteria be used in initial evaluation of patients with suspected AMI
suspected AMI with LBBB ... with AMI with LBBB ... (Validated) - ST ... AcuteCoronarySyndrome #ACS ... #Algorithm #RebelEM
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
- An Official ATS ... /STS/STR Clinical ... should be used as ... Effusions #MPE #Algorithm ... #Management #ATS
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Diagnosis Framework STEMI ... morphology similar to LBBB ... "pinched off" as ... #STEMI #Segment ... diagnosis #cardiology #ecg