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Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Definitions - Stable Angina, Unstable Angina, NSTEMI, STEMI
1 STABLE ANGINA - Angina
Acute Coronary Syndrome ... thrombus formation causes ... - A STEMI is ... is reflected by ECG ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Hypercalcemia - EKG Findings
Causes of Hypercalcemia 
• Malignancy 
• Milk-alkali syndrome 
• Vitamin D toxicity 
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Findings Causes ... • Milk-alkali syndrome ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #Differential #Causes ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Suspected ACS - OMI vs STEMI - Differential Algorithm

The name STEMI cognitively inspires EPs to fail
Suspected ACS - OMI vs STEMI ... segment is the only ECG ... Differential #Algorithm #cardiology ... myocardial #infarction #diagnosis ... #coronary #syndrome
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 ... V2-V4 FOAMfrat Team ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Wellens Syndrome on EKG
Associated with a critical stenosis of the proximal LAD, suggestive of impending infarction
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Wellens Syndrome ... Inversion FOAMfrat Team ... FOAMfrat #Wellens #Syndrome ... #EKG #ecg #cardiology ... electrocardiogram #diagnosis
There are two patterns of T-wave abnormality in Wellens’ syndrome:
-Type A = Biphasic, with initial positivity
abnormality in Wellens’ syndrome ... inverted (75% of cases ... ) #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #ECG #EKG #Wellens ... #Syndrome #TypeA
Modified Sgarbossa Criteria - Diagnostic Checklist for diagnosing MI in LBBB or Pacemaker
1) Identify LBBB or
Checklist for diagnosing ... Criteria - Suspect STEMI ... #Checklist #EKG ... electrocardiogram #ecg ... #cardiology #lbbb
Focal Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on Ventriculogram Angiography 

55 year old, severe chest pain after death of close
Angiography 55 year ... close relative, ECG ... diagnosis was STEMI ... Angiogram #clinical #cardiology
ST segment elevation in acute myocardial ischemia

ST segment elevations with straight (horizontal, upsloping or downsloping) or
less likely to be caused ... the underlying cause ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #ECG #EKG #STEMI
Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
and Causes • ... Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome ... Recent flu-like syndrome ... Paraclinical assessment: EKG ... #Causes #cardiology