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Left Main Coronary Artery Occlusion on ECG

- aVR ST segment elevation > 1 mm 
- aVR
Left Main Coronary ... Artery Occlusion ... on ECG - aVR ... #Occlusion #Artery ... Electrocardiogram #Cardiology
Suspected ACS - OMI vs STEMI - Differential Algorithm

The name STEMI cognitively inspires EPs to fail
Suspected ACS - ... OMI vs STEMI - Differential ... EMN @EMNews #ACS ... #OMI #STEMI #Differential ... #Algorithm #cardiology
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
coronary artery ... ST elevation in ACS ... diagnosis includes ACS ... instead of ACS. ... cardiology
Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Definitions - Stable Angina, Unstable Angina, NSTEMI, STEMI
1 STABLE ANGINA - Angina
Acute Coronary Syndrome ... (ACS) Definitions ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #ACS #Unstable ... Text: The Only EKG
Left Main Coronary Artery Thrombus seen on Angiography

“Mother of all coronary thrombi”.  55 year old
Left Main Coronary ... “Mother of all ... Anterior wall STEMI ... #Coronary #Artery ... CathLab #clinical #cardiology
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
Disease - MSK Radiology ... DOES NOT OSD in all ... tibial tuberosity Differential ... Schlatter #Disease #Knee ... mri #clinical #Radiology
ECG of a 55-year-old man who presented to the ER with chest pain 
Computer interpretation: “Nonspecific
man who presented ... Reciprocal STD in I & aVL ... Biphasic T-wave in aVL ... #Clinical #Cardiology ... #EKG #STEMI #InferoPosterior
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
-4 can have no pain ... wave inversion in avL ... #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology ... Interpretation #differential
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
artery vasospasm ... younger than other ACS ... artery ... changes on tele/ECG ... Prinzmetal #Angina #cardiology
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
at (or 40-60 ms after ... ST elevation in aVR ... of the leads l, aVL ... #differential # ... cardiology #electrocardiogram