coronary embolismMINOCARVMI in lead V1troponin undetectableyoung6 Min Read Steve SmithonApril 13, 2025 Chest pain and this ECG. Angiogram totally normal. Is this myocarditis? A man in his early 30s was walking when he developed central chest pain which was non-radiating, then had a syncopal event with bowel…
persuading the interventionalist4 Min Read Steve SmithonApril 11, 2025 Look what happens when you advocate for your patient with a skeptical cardiologist. While at ACC, I received this text message from a former resident: Good morning Steve! Hope you’re doing well. Just curious what you think of…
lidocaineVentricular Fibrillation10 Min Read Steve SmithonApril 9, 2025 Anterior OMI with RBBB has VF x 3: how to prevent further episodes of VF? A middle-age woman with no previous cardiac history called 911 for chest pain. Add case of 28 year old with RBBB and anterior OMI from slide…
1 Min Read Steve SmithonApril 8, 2025 Newest Lecture: Replace STEMI/NSTEMI with OMI/NOMI, and AI in the ECG Diagnosis of OMI I gave this Grand Rounds to UC Riverside a couple weeks ago. It is my most up to date lecture on OMI NOMI and Use of AI,…
AIVRCT scanSpectral CT10 Min Read Steve SmithonApril 6, 2025 Unresponsive and Acidotic: OMI? Acute, subacute, or reperfused? What is the rhythm? Why RV dysfunction? Can CT scan help? This was written by one of our really fine 3rd year residents, Katie Buerk. This case was a 69 year old male, brought in by ambulance, after…