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Differential Diagnosis for ST Segment Elevations
 - ACUTE STEMI 
 - PULMONARY EMBOLISM 
 - LBBB
for ST Segment ... Elevations - ACUTE ... EMBOLISM - LBBB ... #STElevation #STEMI ... #Cardiology #Emergency
Here’s an ECG of a patient with 100% Acute LAD Occlusion

Remember that RBBB normally has ST
Remember that RBBB ... isolectric ST segment ... STEMI Criteria misses ... Electrocardiogram #Clinical ... #Cardiology
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Diagnosis Framework ... morphology similar to LBBB ... complex Pulmonary Embolism ... #ST #STEMI #Segment ... #diagnosis #cardiology
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 ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Modified Sgarbossa Criteria for diagnosing STEMI in the presence of a LBBB If there is concordant
STEMI in the presence ... of a LBBB If there ... ST changes (ST segments ... discordant ST elevation ... #Cardiology #Sgarbossa
ECGofTheDay - What is the most likely diagnosis? What is this finding called? 

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The combination of
the most likely diagnosis ... occur with subtle STE ... be considered a STEMI ... MusaSharkawi #Clinical ... #Cardiology #EKG