When reading the ECG of a patient presenting with cardiopulmonary complaints, the most important duty of acute care clinicians is to determine whether there is evidence of an acute coronary occlusion ...
The diagnosis is NSR, isorhythmic dissociation, acute ST-segment elevation MI (STEMI) of the lateral wall, and poor R-wave progression across the precordium (clockwise rotation). The rhythm is regular ...
An artificial intelligence algorithm for ECG interpretation (AI-ECG) is superior to conventional, guideline-recommended STEMI criteria for identifying patients with chest pain who have an occluded ...
Some clinicians say that testing for occlusion myocardial infarction (OMI) instead might be a better tool for making that determination. “We think we should get rid of the term ST-elevation MI, ...