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Left Main Coronary Artery Occlusion on ECG

- aVR ST segment elevation > 1 mm 
- aVR
Coronary Artery Occlusion ... ST segment elevation ... segment elevation ... > ST segment elevation ... #Diagnosis #Electrocardiogram
Note there is ST depression in aVR, a true sign of Left Main occlusion.  Many
Note there is ST ... elevation in aVR ... is a good ECG sign ... #Clinical #EM #IM ... #STElevations #
Here’s an ECG of a patient with 100% Acute LAD Occlusion

Remember that RBBB normally has ST
So ANY ST Elevation ... segment should ... have ’relative elevation ... STEMI Criteria misses ... #Electrocardiogram
The electrocardiogram in the ACS patient: high-risk electrocardiographic presentations lacking anatomically oriented ST-segment elevation

#Diagnosis #Cardiology #ECG
The electrocardiogram ... anatomically oriented ST-segment ... elevation #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #ECG ... #EKG #STEMI #Equivalents
3 ECG patterns for Acute Occlusion MI (OMI) without meeting ST elevation criteria
 • Posterior MI
Acute Occlusion ... without meeting ST ... elevation criteria ... MyocardialInfarction #OMI #STEMI ... diagnosis #cardiology #electrocardiogram
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 ... elevation in aVR ... segment - ST depression ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram
De Winter T Wave ECG Pattern 
STEMI Equivalent - Left anterior descending (LAD) occlusion 

1) Upsloping
Pattern STEMI ... descending (LAD) occlusion ... 1) Upsloping ST ... elevation in aVR ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
: "Pardee's sign ... elevation (concave ... blocking drugs #STElevation ... #ST #STEMI #Segment ... #ekg #electrocardiogram
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
STEMI - Elevation ... of ST segment at ... elevation in aVR ... indistinguishable from ST-segment ... #EKG #diagnosis
Pericarditis on EKG
Stage 1 - Widespread ST elevation (<5mm) and PR depression; In aVR: ST depression
elevation (<5mm ... depression and PR elevation ... Normalization Spodick's sign ... Downsloping TP segments ... #ECG #electrocardiogram