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Modified Sgarbossa Criteria - Diagnostic Checklist for diagnosing MI in LBBB or Pacemaker
1) Identify LBBB or
Modified Sgarbossa Criteria ... - Suspect STEMI ... #Sgarbossa #Criteria ... Checklist #EKG #electrocardiogram ... #ecg #cardiology
Here’s an ECG of a patient with 100% Acute LAD Occlusion

Remember that RBBB normally has ST
Remember that RBBB ... STEMI Criteria misses ... Total #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Clinical #Cardiology
Right Bundle Branch Block (RBBB) - EKG Diagnosis
EKG Criteria:
 • QRS > 0.12 seconds
 • Slurred
Branch Block (RBBB ... Diagnosis EKG Criteria ... BundleBranch #Block #RBBB ... Diagnosis #ECG #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology
3 ECG patterns for Acute Occlusion MI (OMI) without meeting ST elevation criteria
 • Posterior MI
meeting ST elevation criteria ... MyocardialInfarction #OMI #STEMI ... equivalent #diagnosis #cardiology ... #electrocardiogram
De Winter T Wave ECG Pattern 
STEMI Equivalent - Left anterior descending (LAD) occlusion 

1) Upsloping
ECG Pattern STEMI ... TWaves #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Criteria
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
wide, can be new/old ... infarct STEMI ... in V1, unless LBBB ... EKG #diagnosis #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #STEMI
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI)

Criteria:
• New ST-segment elevation at the J point in 2 contiguous leads
Myocardial Infarction (STEMI ... ) Criteria: ... men > 40 years old ... Myocardial #Infarction #STEMI ... #diagnosis #cardiology
ECG of a 32-year-old lady with chest pain. 

Cath showed 100% proximal LAD Occlusion.
ECG of a 32-year-old ... Occlusion #ECG #EKG #STEMI ... Clinical #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Cardiology
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
Ml, WPW, LVH, LBBB ... leads slurred S), LBBB ... V-pacemaker, ↑K, ICD ... EKG #diagnosis #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #interpretation
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
STEMI Equivalents ... V6 • Sgarbossa criterion ... • Sgarbossa criterion ... #differential #cardiology ... #electrocardiogram