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Robbie

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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The Clinical Problem Solvers
Episode 460 โ€“ RLR โ€“ Abrupt Lightheadedness

And just like ACS, these are complicated decisions that shouldn't fall on one person.

The Clinical Problem Solvers
Episode 460 โ€“ RLR โ€“ Abrupt Lightheadedness

It should be a multidisciplinary tier.

The Clinical Problem Solvers
Episode 460 โ€“ RLR โ€“ Abrupt Lightheadedness

In our VA, it's IR, pulmonary, and hematology anticoagulation that could convene to talk about this and what to do next.

The Clinical Problem Solvers
Episode 460 โ€“ RLR โ€“ Abrupt Lightheadedness

And then Reza proceeded to give him all our books.

The Clinical Problem Solvers
Episode 460 โ€“ RLR โ€“ Abrupt Lightheadedness

You know, Prof Reza, I have so many reflections, but I talk way too much.

The Clinical Problem Solvers
Episode 460 โ€“ RLR โ€“ Abrupt Lightheadedness

I'll tell you that if you guys look at that EKG, there's essentially two really powerful clues that suggest PE.

The Clinical Problem Solvers
Episode 460 โ€“ RLR โ€“ Abrupt Lightheadedness

The first is you just have to anchor yourself in what Wellens is.

The Clinical Problem Solvers
Episode 460 โ€“ RLR โ€“ Abrupt Lightheadedness

Wellens are anterior T wave inversions or sort of T wave inversions in V2 and V3.

The Clinical Problem Solvers
Episode 460 โ€“ RLR โ€“ Abrupt Lightheadedness

There are two separate clues that reinforce the possibility of PE.

The Clinical Problem Solvers
Episode 460 โ€“ RLR โ€“ Abrupt Lightheadedness

First is that Wellens, when it represents ACS, very rarely extends to V1, extremely rarely.

The Clinical Problem Solvers
Episode 460 โ€“ RLR โ€“ Abrupt Lightheadedness

And so V1 is also affected by this, and so that should be a trigger to the possibility of PE.

The Clinical Problem Solvers
Episode 460 โ€“ RLR โ€“ Abrupt Lightheadedness

And then I think the most alarming is the inferior leads, 3 and AVF, very, very suggestive of the possibility of PE.

The Clinical Problem Solvers
Episode 460 โ€“ RLR โ€“ Abrupt Lightheadedness

Then if you look more closely, you'll see...

The Clinical Problem Solvers
Episode 460 โ€“ RLR โ€“ Abrupt Lightheadedness

that the patient is tachycardic.

The Clinical Problem Solvers
Episode 460 โ€“ RLR โ€“ Abrupt Lightheadedness

I mean, this is sinus tachycardia.

The Clinical Problem Solvers
Episode 460 โ€“ RLR โ€“ Abrupt Lightheadedness

And yeah, 300, 150, like basically borderline tachycardic.

The Clinical Problem Solvers
Episode 460 โ€“ RLR โ€“ Abrupt Lightheadedness

And sinus tachycardia plus these changes is another clue for PE because patients as Proferes has told us many, many times, patients with ACS rarely have sinus tachycardia.

The Clinical Problem Solvers
Episode 460 โ€“ RLR โ€“ Abrupt Lightheadedness

And then the underwhelming troponin.

The Clinical Problem Solvers
Episode 460 โ€“ RLR โ€“ Abrupt Lightheadedness

a troponin in patients with ACS is proportionally high, and here a troponin that is barely twice the upper limit of normal should not, what happens with an underwhelming troponin is we worry less, but we should worry about different things, I think is the ultimate takeaway.

The Clinical Problem Solvers
Episode 460 โ€“ RLR โ€“ Abrupt Lightheadedness

But Proferes, you know, I think,