ECG #27
A 49-year-old woman attends the emergency department 1 hour after the onset of central crushing chest pain, radiating to both upper limbs, and associated with nausea, diaphoresis, and dizziness.
Describe and interpret her initial 12-lead electrocardiogram:
30 minutes later…
2 hours later…
← Previous ECG
2 hours later still…
An anterior STEMI was eventually diagnosed and the patient was taken for percutaneous coronary intervention where she was found to have a mid-vessel total occlusion of her left anterior descending coronary artery. A stent was placed successfully following thrombus aspiration.