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Right Bundle Branch Block with Subtle ST Elevation: LAD 95% occluded by Stephen Smith Posted Thu 28 Jan 2010 12:49pm An 81 yo woman presented at 2 AM to the ED with severe substernal chest pressure. This ECG was recorded There is sinus rhythm with a PVC, and Right Bundle Branch Block... 0-1 mm of ST depression. Any ST elevation in V2 or V3 is very suspicious for LAD occlusion in a patient with chest pain. The cath lab was activated, but the interventionalist Read on »
Left Bundle Branch Block and Left Anterior Descending Artery occlusion: Serial ECGs then T-wave inversion after reperfusion by Stephen Smith Posted Sun 31 Jul 2011 6:15pm A 50 yo male presented with chest pain.  This ECG was recorded at 0415. There is sinus tachycardia.  There is left bundle branch block (LBBB).  All ST-T complexes... the cutoff of 0.20, it would be diagnostic not just of MI, but of LAD occlusion. The occlusion was not appreciated by the treating physicians, and another ECG was recorded at 0457 Read on »
What kind of AV block is this?? And where is the coronary occlusion?? by Stephen Smith Posted Tue 31 May 2011 1:16pm , there was a proximal RCA occlusion. Answer to rhythm: Notice the p-waves are inverted!  Thus, they are retrograde.  (or there is a low atrial pacemaker and 3rd degree block, and sinus brady... inversion) in II, III, aVF and reciprocal depression in I and aVL.  Where else is there ST elevation?  Where is the occlusion.   Rhythm: slow and regular.  p-waves are not conducting Read on »
New Left Bundle Branch Block is a poor indicator of coronary occlusion by Stephen Smith Posted Mon 08 Mar 2010 11:19am tachycardia with left bundle branch block (LBBB). A previous ECG from one year prior was normal without LBBB. According to the ACC and AHA, new LBBB in the presence of ischemic... because, in their experience, most patients with new LBBB do not have coronary occlusion unless they also have some specific indicators of occlusion, known as the Sgarbossa criteria Read on »
Probable Left Main coronary artery occlusion/obstruction, with STE in aVR, alternating BBB, and arrest by Stephen Smith Posted Sat 21 Nov 2009 10:02pm Branch Block. There is concordant ST depression in V2-V4, excessively discordant ST depression in I, aVL, V4-V6, and extremely excessively discordant ST elevation in aVR. ST elevation in aVR is one sign of high grade Left Main obstruction. This is STEMI. This confirms that acute coronary syndrome is the etiology of his illness and that cath lab activation Read on »
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Video Glossary: What is an intestinal blockage or obstruction? by Dennis Patient Expert Posted Fri 20 Aug 2010 12:00am Question: Have you had a blockage? How did you know and how did you clear it? Reply to this post! It’s easy! Read on »
How will you differentiate a wenkebach’s Mobitz type 1 AV block from type 2 second degree AV block if the conduction ratio is 2: by Dr. Sangareddi V. Medical Doctor Posted Wed 11 Nov 2009 10:01pm It is the classical description of wenkebach AV block type 1 there is progressive prolongation of PR interval followed by a blocked p wave and hence a dropped qrs complex. The usual conduction ratio for wenkebach AV block is 3:2 or 4:3 . It is well known wenkebach AV block is usually a benign form of AV conduction defect and it recovers spontaneously Read on »
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Karate 'blocks' are much more than blocks by Sue Wharton Posted Fri 27 Aug 2010 12:00am Blocks are often a very misunderstood technique in karate and often come in for a great deal of criticism from non-karateka. These techniques are often criticised for being to hard, stiff or slow to be effective. Your average non-karateka may say that it is better to evade, parry or re-direct an incoming strike than do a hard block. I would Read on »