A male in his 60s with chest pain
Case sent in by Alex Bracey, written by Pendell Meyers, edited by Smith: A male in his 60s woke up from sleep with chest pain radiating to the…
Test almost all of your most important ECG rhythm interpretation skills with this case.
Sent by Anonymous, written by Meyers, edits by Smith: A female in her 70s with history of HTN woke up around 2am with severe shortness of…
A Very Elderly Male with a Fall and no Chest Pain
A very elderly man fell and injured his face. There is always the possibility of syncope as the etiology of a fall, especially in an…
Bizarre T-wave Inversions in a Patient without Chest Pain
This was sent by a recent ultrasound fellow, asking for my ECG diagnosis. He stated that it is “an acute change from previous” in…
30-something with chest pain, a fragmented QRS, and ST Elevation.
A young man presented with acute chest pain. He had no cardiac history. He had no medical history at all. His vital signs…
Cardiogenic shock with wide complex tachycardia and poor LV function in a young woman
A 30-something woman presented with CP and SOB. She was hypoxic and intubated. She had very poor LV systolic function on bedside…
Starting a list of some of the best blog cases here….
1. I just remembered this one: Chest Pain and Cardiogenic Shock with Profound ST Depression & STE in aVR. Activate the Cath Lab? 2.
Chest pain and Concordant ST Depression in a patient with aortic valve and previously normal angiogram
60-something presents with acute onset of chest pain. His pain was accompanied by shortness of breath. It awoke him from sleep.…
Inferolateral ST elevation, vomiting, and elevated troponin
Another post written by Pendell Meyers, with edits from Dr. Smith: A male in his late 40s presented with nausea, vomiting, and epigastric…
Chest pain and a “normal” ECG
This is another case written by Pendell Meyers (who is helping to edit the blog and has many great recent posts) Case A 45 year old man was…