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Identifying STEMI in LBBB

2018-08-28
By: MDMadmin
On: August 28, 2018
Tagged: clinical paramedicine, ECG, EKG, EMS, LBBB, Left Bundle Branch Block, paramedic, paramedicine, STEMI
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    Identifying an ST-elevation MI in patients who have a Left bundle branch block can be very challenging to the clinician. There are changes in the precordial ST and T waves that can make it very difficult in the setting of chest pain to figure out if the patient is or is not having an MI. This has been recognized for several decades back to the time when we were trying to figure out which patients should undergo primary coronary angioplasty. Some of the dogma regarding the “inability” to identify an MI in the setting of a left bundle comes from these early studiesRead More →

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