Case 16: A 66-Year-Old Woman in the Cardiac Surgery Unit
History
Diagnosis
ECG 2
ECG 2 Diagnosis
History
This 66-year-old woman is in the cardiac surgery unit, 2 hours after triple aorto-coronary bypass:
Diagnosis
- Accelerated junctional rhythm – ventricular rate 71/min
- Septal infarction, age undetermined
- T wave abnormality, consider anterior ischemia
ECG 2
The following ECG is recorded 12 hours later. The patient remains clinically stable: 
ECG 2 Diagnosis
- Sinus tachycardia, 104/min
- Septal infarction, age undetermined
- The T wave abnormality is now less marked in the anterior leads
ECG ID: E729