Key Points: Early repolarization (ER) is one of the most common non-ischemic causes of ST elevation and one of the most frequent ECG mimics of acute anterior coronary occlusion. The…
A 72-year-old man undergoes a prehospital 12-lead ECG. The tracing appears to show ST segment elevation in leads III, aVF, and aVR, raising concern for an inferior STEMI or high-risk…
Key Points: ST elevation is a pattern, not a diagnosis. STEMI represents one cause of ST elevation and requires correlation with ECG morphology, distribution, evolution, and clinical context. Most ED…