Aslanger patternflash pulmonary edemaMissed OMI and died7 Min Read Steve SmithonOctober 20, 2026 Acute pulmonary edema. Why? This is a 3rd case written by Dr. Ahmed Marai, who just graduated from Medical School in Iraq. A 65-year-old male presented to the ED at 5:50…
hyperkalemiapseudoinfarction2 Min Read Steve SmithonJune 13, 2013 Hyperkalemia and ST Segment Elevation, Post 1 Case 1. A male in his 60’s presented with weakness. Here is his initial ECG. He had no chest pain: Probable junctional…
hyperKhyperkalemiahyperkalemia mimics inferior OMIHyperkalemia PseudoSTEMI casespseudoinfarctionPseudoSTEMI2 Min Read Steve SmithonJune 15, 2013 A Tragic Case, related to the last post 5-10 years ago, a male in his 70’s presented with weakness. There was no chest pain. Here is his initial ECG: There is…
Steve SmithonJune 16, 2013 Formula to differentiate Normal Variant ST Elevation (Early Repolarization) from Anterior STEMI Here is a link to the full text of the article in Annals of EM It is critical to use it only when the differential is subtle LAD occlusion vs.…