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Differential Diagnosis for ST Segment Elevations
 - ACUTE STEMI 
 - PULMONARY EMBOLISM 
 - LBBB
Differential Diagnosis ... EMBOLISM - LBBB ... HELMET SIGN #STSegment ... #STElevation #STEMI ... #Cardiology #Emergency
ST segment elevation in acute myocardial ischemia

ST segment elevations with straight (horizontal, upsloping or downsloping) or
ST segment elevation ... elevations with ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #ECG #EKG #STEMI ... #STElevation #Ischemic
Owing to the morbidity and need for urgent treatment, STEMI is the default diagnosis is patients
urgent treatment, STEMI ... features of the EKG ... : #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #EKG #ECG #STElevation ... #STSegment #Differential
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
morphology similar to LBBB ... complex Pulmonary Embolism ... blocking drugs #STElevation ... #ST #STEMI #Segment ... #diagnosis #cardiology
The electrocardiogram in the ACS patient: high-risk electrocardiographic presentations lacking anatomically oriented ST-segment elevation

#Diagnosis #Cardiology #ECG
anatomically oriented ST-segment ... elevation #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #ECG ... #EKG #STEMI #Equivalents
Here’s an ECG of a patient with 100% Acute LAD Occlusion

Remember that RBBB normally has ST
Remember that RBBB ... So ANY ST Elevation ... have ’relative elevation ... STEMI Criteria misses ... #Clinical #Cardiology
ECG changes in Pulmonary Embolism
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Sinus tachycardia 
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Complete or incomplete RBBB 
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or incomplete RBBB ... Non-specific ST segment ... , including ST elevation ... #EKG #Findings ... #Diagnosis
De Winter T-Waves on EKG
 - Anterior OMI
 - 2% of left anterior descending occlusions
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Winter T-Waves on EKG ... before or after STEMI ... - look for ST elevation ... - Upsloping ST segment ... #diagnosis #cardiology
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
STEMI - Elevation ... with 1-2 mm ST elevation ... modified) - ST elevation ... #EKG #diagnosis ... #differential #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 ... discordant ST elevation ... > 0.25 S #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Sgarbossa