Is this ECG easy for you yet?
See the ECG before context: = = = A woman in her 40s presented with shortness of breath and chest pain. She was tachycardic but other vital…
Dofetilde (and ibutilide -Class III antidysrhythmics). What is the risk? How does it show on the ECG? What to do about the complication?
By Willy Frick CASE PRESENTATION A middle aged woman with HFrEF (EF 25-30%) and persistent atrial fibrillation was admitted to the hospital…
Fast, narrow, regular. What is it? More difficult: what to do??
A middle-aged man with h/o asthma presented with SOB, especially with exertion. He also has positional chest pain. This started a few weeks…
How do you interpret this ECG without the clinical context (which I don’t know)?
I came across this interesting ECG without clinical context: What do you think? Rhythm: This appears to me to be accelerated idioventricular…
Fascinating Wide Complex Tachycardia and instructive ECGs during chest pain
Written by Magnus Nossen Today’s patient is an 80-something male with a history of CABG. Since his bypass surgery years ago, he had not…
Is this a wide complex rhythm? (And what is the etoliogy, after you hear the history)
What do you think? = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = This is NOT a wide complex tachycardia. This is atrial fibrillation with “Shark…
“Non-diagnostic” (even in retrospect) according to an entire conference full of ED docs and cardiologists.
Subtitle: It’s not the ECG which is “Non-diagnostic” — it is the physicians who are “Non-diagnostic!” This…
A 50-something with chest pain. Look what happens if you don’t use the Queen of Hearts.
I came across this ECG while reading through all the ECGs on the system. The computer interpretation, confirmed by a cardiologist, is: = = =…
Will this patient get care of the past or care of the future? (NSTEMI is a worthless diagnosis)
Sent by anonymous A woman in her 40s presented with acute chest pain. Her vitals were within normal limits. Here is her triage ECG: Readers of…
A male in his 30s with cardiac arrest. What is the etiology?
Written by Magnus Nossen A man in his early 30s was found unresponsive in bed by his wife. She immediately initiated CPR. Upon arrival,…