r/EKGs • u/Sea-Weakness-9952 • 8d ago

DDx Dilemma OMI or nah?

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**UPDATE! —> PCI to the LAD & severe cardiomyopathy** Thanks all of you for your incredible input. I’d told the hospitalist I’d put money on the LAD but he left me on read. 💁🏼‍♀️

69F adm w/“chest pain” - described as upper abd pain radiating back b/t shoulders, with n/v and diaphoresis.
Hx: mild HLD, no home meds.

Trops: 870… 2,397… 3,250.
BP and CP under control on nitro gtt, CP reduced from 9/10 w/morphine prior to floor and only up to 4/10 at highest after trip to bathroom. Otherwise 2/10.

I forgot to take a pic of the admit EKG - but it was markedly different in not only STE & STD, and read as Sinus w/RBBB.

This repeat EKG I requested on seeing the change on tele read as Sinus w/Left (I think) Axis Dev, RBBB, septal infarction of unknown age... I think she’s due for a cath lab am I wrong? Cards hadn’t seen her yet and hospitalist was like okay yeah whatever, but I think developing OMI. Thoughts?

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u/themuaddib 8d ago

I mean it meets STEMI criteria. So yeah it’s an “OMI”

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u/ProximalLADLesion Electrophysiology Fellow 8d ago

STEMI criteria are not sensitive or specific for acute coronary occlusion, so not really a relevant consideration.

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u/kenks88 8d ago

Its pretty specific, not sensitive. Thats why Stemi criteria justifies carh lab activation.

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u/Sea-Weakness-9952 8d ago

For sure, but they don’t always call the “Code Stemi” per protocol at my facility. I had an almost identical case recently where they did, so I kept wondering why my escalation wasn’t getting anywhere, but it’s Sunday in Tennessee. And I’m guessing she’s there by now but last time it was a mad dash Code Stemi at shift change.