4 Min Read Steve SmithonAugust 29, 2016 2 Cases of Acute Ischemic Stroke — What is the Etiology? Case 1. An elderly patient had sudden onset of severe hemiplegia. He had no chest symptoms. Head CT was negative. tPA…
2 Min Read Steve SmithonAugust 25, 2016 An Unusual Tachycardia This Case was sent by Atif Farooqi and Scott Weingart, from Stony Brook. This is a 70-something with history of CABG who presented with 30…
2 Min Read Steve SmithonAugust 21, 2016 A 25 year old with Epigastric Discomfort, Worse Supine, Better Sitting Up. This is another case provided by Mustafa Alwan, an internist from Jordan, on Facebook EKG Club This is a 25 year old male…
Steve SmithonAugust 18, 2016 Lecture: Acute Coronary Syndromes, Part (Overview and Non-STE-ACS) and Part 2 (STEMI) Here is a pdf of all the slides (parts I and 2). This contains some extra slides which were “hidden” in the presentation. Part 1:…
2 Min Read Steve SmithonAugust 17, 2016 A 50-something woman with atypical chest pain This was provided by Mustafa Alwan, an internist from Jordan, on Facebook EKG Club A 50-something female presented with atypical…
2 Min Read Steve SmithonAugust 15, 2016 What is this? A Perplexing ECG. A 46 year old woman had syncope. Before seeing the patient or reading the chart, the physician viewed the ECG and was perplexed: What…
3 Min Read Steve SmithonAugust 10, 2016 A Patient with Syncope A young man had sudden syncope without a prodrome, after which he was aysmptomatic. He presented to an ED and had this ECG recorded:…
2 Min Read Steve SmithonAugust 2, 2016 Where is the lesion in this STEMI? A middle aged male presented with chest pain. EMS was called and an ECG was recorded which is virtually identical to the first ED ECG.…