Severe shock, obtunded, and a diagnostic prehospital ECG. Also: How did this happen?
A middle-aged woman was found down in her apartment unconscious. She was in shock with thready pulses. A prehospital ECG was recorded: Limb…
Coronary Disease and Chest pain: Is it acute inferior OMI or old inferior MI?
An elderly woman with a h/o myocardial infarction presented with 2 hours of burning substernal chest pain. Here is her ECG: Is there an OMI?…
A 50-something Australian with sudden severe epigastric and chest pain presented looking extremely ill.
A 50-something with sudden severe epigastric and chest pain presented looking extremely ill. Here is her ECG: What do you think? There is ST…
Global ST depression with ST elevation in aVR – what is the cause?
Written by Pendell Meyers An elderly patient with cardiac history presented with shortness of breath. This ECG was brought to me with concern…
Persistent Ventricular Fibrillation, ED ECMO, ED TEE, ROSC, Shark Fin ECG (also called “Giant R-wave”), Postinfarction Regional Pericarditis. What a Case!
A 40-something suffered witnessed ventricular fibrillation, had bystander CPR, but could not be defibrillated after 4 attempts. He was…
A man in his 30s with 12 hours of chest pain; is the ECG consistent with 12 hours of occlusion?
Written by Pendell Meyers, submitted by Siva Vittozzi-Wong A man in his 30s with history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes…
Status epilepticus. What is this ECG pathognomonic of?
This patient presented with status epilepticus. Here is the ECG: The computer reads a long QT at 449 ms, and a Hodges QTc of 506 ms. What do…
A 50-something with left shoulder pain and diffuse ST elevation
A 50-something presented with left shoulder pain. He had an ECG recorded: What do you think? There is a huge amount of ST Elevation, but to my…
What is this Regular SVT?
=================================== MY Comment by KEN GRAUER, MD (11/12/2019): =================================== My appreciation…
High-Sensitivity Troponin is not a Myth, and “Myth-busting” is often another Myth to be Busted
This is published simultaneously in Emcrit Emergency Medicine News has now published 2 “Myth-Busting” articles by Rory Spiegel which dispute…