80 y/o male with history of CABG presents with SOB x 24 hours. EKG notes ST elevations in anterior precordial leads. Point of care troponin 0.4 (equivocal). Should the patient be taken for immediate cardiac cath?

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No immediate cath.  The patients history and laboratory evaluation are a bit atypical for ST elevation MI.  Additionally, the EKG harbors characteristic findings of a ST elevation MI mimic, prior MI with or without ventricular aneurysm.   EKG features of this ST elevation mimic commonly include:
  • ST elevation with QS waves in V1-V4
  • T waves flat or inverted 
  • ST elevation relatively small relative to QRS amplitude, (less than 1/4 height of QRS) 

Source

Smith, S. and Larson, D.  "Chapter 14: What Pseudoinfarction Patterns Mimic St Elevatioin Myocardial Infarction."  Critical Decisions in Emergency and Acute Care Electrocardiography, 1st ed.   2009.
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