Steve SmithonSeptember 28, 2012 Three Cases of Unstable Angina Unstable angina consists of anginal symptoms but without a diagnostic rise and/or fall of troponin with one level above the 99% reference…
collateral circulationinferior OMIT-Wave inversionWellens' in inferior or lateral leads ("reperfusion T-waves")wenckebach2 Min Read Steve SmithonSeptember 26, 2012 Acute Dyspnea in a Middle Aged Male A middle aged man with several CAD risk factors presented with one week of intermittent shortness of breath and then sudden severe…
hypokalemiaU-waves1 Min Read Steve SmithonSeptember 15, 2012 Prehospital Ventricular Fibrillation in a Young Woman. What is the Diagnosis? An under 30 yo woman collapsed and was found in ventricular fibrillation, and was successfully defibrillated. Here is her prehospital ECG:…
LVHpseudoinfarction1 Min Read Steve SmithonSeptember 4, 2012 Male in his 40’s with chest pressure: what is the diagnosis This 40-some year old patient complained of chest pressure and had this ECG recorded: See comments and diagnosis below The providers were a…
Steve SmithonSeptember 4, 2012 Modified Sgarbossa Rule Published Online: Annals of Emergency Medicine Link: Diagnosis of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in the Presence of Left Bundle Branch Block With the ST-Elevation to S-Wave Ratio in a…