This is the first of six ECGs donated to the ECG Guru by our friend, Jenda Enis Štros.
The patient is a man in his 60's with chest pain. This is a pre-hospital ECG showing ST elevation across the anterior wall, beginning in V2. Though the upwardly-concave shape "smile" appears rather benign, the amount of j-point elevation in these five related leads - in a man with chest pain - does not favor a diagnosis of early repolarization. The diagnosis is STEMI, and the cath lab is activated.
Links to the entire series of six ECGs:
http://www.ecgguru.com/ecg/teaching-series-1113-ecg-1-6-acute-anterior-wall-mi
http://www.ecgguru.com/ecg/teaching-series-1113-ecg-2-6-acute-anterior-wall-mi
http://www.ecgguru.com/ecg/teaching-series-1113-ecg-3-6-acute-anterior-wall-mi
http://www.ecgguru.com/ecg/teaching-series-1113-ecg-4-6-acute-anterior-wall-mi
http://www.ecgguru.com/ecg/teaching-series-1113-ecg-5-6-acute-anterior-wall-mi
http://www.ecgguru.com/ecg/teaching-series-1113-ecg-6-6-acute-anterior-wall-mi
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