A Young Man with Recurrent Chest Pain and Dyspnea with Exertion
Case This is a young man who has had chest pain and dyspnea with exertion for years. He presented to the ED with these symptoms again.…
What are these wide complexes?
A middle-age male arrived by private car with chest pain. He immediately became unresponsive, before an ECG could be recorded. He was…
Diffuse Subendocardial Ischemia on the ECG. Left main? 3-vessel disease? No!
This was contributed by some folks at Wake Forest: Jason Stopyra, Shannon Mumma, Sean O’Rourke, and Brian Hiestand. It was edited by…
Chest Pain and Cardiogenic Shock with Profound ST Depression & STE in aVR. Activate the Cath Lab?
A middle-aged woman with known severe coronary disease had onset of substernal chest pain while at dialysis. 911 was called. A…
Paper published: Terminal QRS distortion not found in any ECG of Early Repolarization
This ECG comes from a 30-something with chest pain. Is it early repolarization? Or is it LAD occlusion? The paper below…
Biphasic T-waves in a Middle-Aged Male with Vomiting
One of our residents texted me this ECG and was worried about Wellens’ waves. A middle-aged male presented with vomiting. Here was…
Respiratory Symptoms and ST Elevation with Hyperacute T-waves
An elderly woman was brought to the ED for hypoxia. She had a history of chronic respiratory failure with a tracheostomy and had had…
I saw this on the computer. Most physicians, at first glance, get this wrong. What is it?
I was reading ECGs on the system, and saw this: I immediately recognized it like I recognize a friend’s face. (OK, I’m…