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F1000Res
December 2024
Department of Emergency Medical Services, Sahloul Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia.
Electrocardiograms (ECGs) can be affected by various factors and technical problems. It is rare for an artefact to be the cause of ST-segment elevation, especially in asymptomatic patients. An important distinction between true ST segment elevation caused by myocardial infarction and an artefact is that the baseline elevation in an artefact may begin before or after the appearance of the QRS complex.
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January 2024
Department of Emergency Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.
J Geriatr Cardiol
September 2023
Department of Community Emergency Medicine, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan.
Am J Emerg Med
May 2023
Cardiac Electrophysiology, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
The Electrocardiogram (ECG) is a readily available non-invasive test used in the evaluation of a patient with angina. ECG artifacts are common and stem from a number of different reasons including lead placement and must be identified to appropriately manage patients. We present the case of an elderly patient for whom an ECG was performed to evaluate chest pain showing an abnormal waveform concerning for an ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
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March 2023
Department of Community Emergency Medicine, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan.
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