NSTEMI is worthlessOcclusion MI/Non-Occlusion MI (OMI/NOMI) paradigmOMI in cardiac arrestSTEMI or NSTEMI DiagnosisSTEMI/NonSTEMI paradigm9 Min Read Willy FrickonMay 22, 2026 STEMI: An Impossible Standard. NSTEMI: a worthless diagnosis. A man in his mid 50s was playing soccer and collapsed. Bystanders initiated CPR and delivered 3 AED-advised shocks. The patient was intubated…
aVRleft mainST depression2 Min Read Steve SmithonApril 14, 2011 Marked ST depression refractory to maximal medical therapy This 62 year old man, heavy smoker, with no previous medical history, presented after 2.5 hours of substernal chest pressure. He…
false positive cath lab activationLVHpseudoinfarction2 Min Read Steve SmithonApril 16, 2011 Cath lab activated. What do you think? This is a 47 year old African American man with substernal and right sided chest pain, worse with inspiration. EMS was called. Prehospital EKG…
false positive cath lab activationLVHpseudoinfarction1 Min Read Steve SmithonApril 16, 2011 Cath lab activated. What do you think? (#2) This 45 year old male called 911 for increasing SOB and CP over 2 weeks. His BP was 220/150. The medics did a prehospital ECG,…