SAQ 766 – Cardiology – differentiating STEMI from pericarditis and tamponade

A 45-year-old man presents with chest pain. A junior doctor identifies inferior ST elevation and thinks the diagnosis is acute pericarditis.

List four (4) ECG features that would be more suggestive of STEMI than acute pericarditis.

(Marked out of 4.0)

/ 4

You assess him and agree the likely diagnosis is acute pericarditis. List five (5) non-infectious causes.

(Marked out of 5.0)

/ 5

His BP is 90/70 mmHg and HR 115 bpm. Bedside echo shows a large pericardial effusion. Other than the effusion, list three (3) echo features consistent with tamponade.

(Marked out of 3.0)

/ 3

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