cardiac arrestechocardiogrammyocardial rupturepostinfarction regional pericarditis3 Min Read Steve SmithonDecember 22, 2010 Cardiac Arrest, hypotension, tachycardia A 65 yo woman had felt ill for 36 hours, had seen her MD but without undergoing a cardiac evaluation. She collapsed and 911 was called; she…
cardiac arrestcircumflex occlusionLBBBleft bundle branch blockPVCtorsade2 Min Read Steve SmithonJuly 5, 2010 Cardiac Arrest suddenly after blood loss, is it due to MI? Also, when the rhythm looks like torsade, it is usually not. A 74 yo f with ESRD on dialysis and h/o CAD bumped her access fistula and began to bleed profusely. She had a prehospital BP of 60, pulse 70,…
cardiac arrestearly repolarizationhyperacute T-waveshyperkalemiaPeaked T waves3 Min Read Steve SmithonJanuary 12, 2010 HyperKalemia with Cardiac Arrest. Peaked T waves: Hyperacute (STEMI) vs. Early Repolarizaton vs. Hyperkalemia For more on hyperkalemia, click here (includes a great case of incessant ventricular tachycardia). For more on early repolarization, see these…
aVLcardiac arresthigh lateral MImissed STEMIreciprocal ST depressionST depression does not Localize to the ischemic wallsubtle1 Min Read Steve SmithonJanuary 14, 2009 ST depression limited to Inferior leads is reciprocal to high lateral wall and represents STEMI When there is inferior ST depression, one is tempted to diagnose “inferior ischemia”. However (paradoxically and mysteriously)…