emDocs - December 5, 2015 - Author: Hockstein M
Edited by: Alex Koyfman A and Long B
"As usual, you’re minding your own business when a nurse comes up to you and says “Hey, Mr. Badhart in room 5 looks appalling – he’s dyspneic, hypotensive to the 60’s, and has ST elevations, and may or may not have just gone into V-Tach.”
Sequelae of an acute MI can be divided into two broad categories: electrical and mechanical consequences (or, as Occam’s razor is occasionally dull, both electrical and mechanical problems may occur together)."
http://www.emdocs.net/the-sick-mi-patient/