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#EKG taken on a patient with an acute pulmonary embolism with right heart strain showing tachycardia,
patient with an acute ... in V1 - V4 #Clinical ... pulmonaryembolism #AcutePE ... #criticalcare # ... cardiology #ECG
ST segment elevation in acute myocardial ischemia

ST segment elevations with straight (horizontal, upsloping or downsloping) or
in acute myocardial ... strongly suggest acute ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #ECG #EKG #STEMI ... #STElevation #Ischemic
Here’s an ECG of a patient with 100% Acute LAD Occlusion

Remember that RBBB normally has ST
Here’s an ECG of ... patient with 100% Acute ... So ANY ST Elevation ... Occlusion #Total #ECG ... #Clinical #Cardiology
Pericarditis on EKG
Stage 1 - Widespread ST elevation (<5mm) and PR depression; In aVR: ST depression
Widespread ST elevation ... also be seen in acute ... #ECG #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #clinical
Osborn waves - positive deflections at the J point (negative in aVR and V1) with a
This EKG was recorded ... #Cardiology #diagnosis ... #CriticalCare # ... Electrocardiogram #ECG ... #Clinical
Wellens' Sign: LAD-T Wave Inversion 
Life threatening T wave inversions in precordial leads. Often V2-V3 
Specific
Specific for critical ... week of becoming acute ... Serial EKGS in pts are ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
weeks following an acute ... Post-cardioversion • Acute ... blocking drugs #STElevation ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Build clinical suspicion ... Manage acute cardiac ... myocarditis Clinical ... Fulminant: - Acute ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Leigh Syndrome 
History: 19-month-old girl with hypotonia, developmental 
delay, failure to thrive, and bilateral optic disc
pons • DWI+ in acute ... • +/- lactate elevation ... patterns (this case ... Leigh #Syndrome #Clinical ... Brain #Diagnosis #Radiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... Cardiology cannot ... primary disturbance Cardiology ... similar where Cardiology ... #cardiology #echocardiogram