Repost: 63 minutes of ventricular fibrillation, followed by shock. What is going on?
This was published back on Sept 19, 2014 and I came across it again. It is very instructive, so I am reposting today. A…
Intermittent QRS Widening Without Any History
=================================== MY Comment by KEN GRAUER, MD (6/25/2020): =================================== I’ve labeled the…
Diffuse T-wave inversions and a very long QT
This ECG was texted to me and I read it while mountain biking. My response was “takotsubo”. ECG 1 There are diffuse T-wave…
Syncope and ST Elevation on the Prehospital ECG
A 75 yo with h/o CAD, CABG, and HFrEF presented after a syncopal episode. There was no prodrome and no associated symptoms such as SOB…
A 60-something has chest tightness, palpitations, and ST depression V1-V3
A 60-something has chest tightness, palpitations. Charts showed a history of some mitral regurgitation and an enlarge left atrium, as…
A man in his 60s with shockable arrest, then ROSC, and no STEMI – what will you do?
Case submitted by Allie Oberst and Ashley Mogul, edits by Pendell Meyers and Steve Smith A male in his late 60s with PMH of poorly controlled…
Drug Overdose with a Fascinating Arrhythmia
=================================== MY Comment by KEN GRAUER, MD (6/13/2020): =================================== Today’s case…
Serial ECGs highly suspicious for inferior OMI: Give thrombolytics prior to transfer for PCI?
One of my former residents texted this info to me with the EKGs: “I have here a 50 something-year-old female with multiple stents who…
A very fast wide complex tachycardia
A 60-something patient presented by EMS with non-specific symptoms. He had a very rapid rhythm that was not converted by 6 mg, then 12…
50-something with STEMI and hypotension: What is the infarct artery?
A 50-something woman presented with chest pain, midsternal, 9/10. Her BP was 93/58, pulse 110. Here is her ECG: What is the infarct…