Tachycardia must make you doubt an ACS or STEMI diagnosis; put it all in clinical context
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 26, 2010
ACS and STEMI generally do not cause tachycardia unless there is cardiogenic shock. Then ACS (STEMI) might be primary; this might be cardiogenic shock. One very useful adjunct is ultrasound: Echo of his heart can distinguish aneurysm from acute MI by presence of diastolic dyskinesis, but it cannot distinguish demand ischemia from ACS.
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