Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2016

He had significant history of CAD with CABG x5, and repeat CABG x 2 as well as a subsequent PCI of the graft to the RCA (twice) and of the graft to the Diagonal. At cath, he immediately had incessant Torsades de Pointes requiring defibrillation 7 times and requiring placement of a transvenous pacer for overdrive pacing at a rate of 80.

STEMI 52

STEMI Plasma Defibrillator OR 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

It was reportedly a PEA arrest; there was no recorded V Fib and no defibrillation. On epinephrine and norepinephrine drips." Perhaps the most common would be fixed CAD and post-cardiac arrest causing hypotension and low flow through the chronic lesion, resulting in true transmural injury but subsides when normal perfusion is returned.

ACS 52

ACS CAD CPR Heart Attack 52

ECG & Echo Learning

JANUARY 18, 2023

I B ECG monitoring should start immediately and a defibrillator must be ready. IIa C During hospital stay (after primary PCI) Either stress echo, CMR, SPECT, or PET may be used to assess myocardial ischaemia and viability, including in multivessel CAD. STEMI , ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction ).

STEMI 40

STEMI Coronary Defibrillator OR 40