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onJanuary 28, 2023

QS-wave in V2: 2 cases, different paradigms lead to different treatment times (STEMI – NSTEMI vs. OMI – NOMI)

Submitted by anonymous, written by Pendell Meyers. Additional case by Smith. Case 1 A middle aged woman presented with acute chest pain…

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Steve Smith

onJanuary 26, 2023

What is this Rhythm?

================================== My Comment by KEN GRAUER, MD (1/26/2023): ================================== While reading…

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Alex Bracey

onJanuary 23, 2023

Chest pain, and Cardiology didn’t take the hint from the ICD

Submitted and written by Megan Lieb, DO with edits by Bracey, Smith, Meyers, and Grauer A 50-ish year old man with ICD presented to the…

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Jesse McLaren

onJanuary 21, 2023

Unconscious + STEMI criteria: activate the cath lab?

Case submitted and written by Dr. Mazen El-Baba and Dr. Evelyn Dell, with edits from Jesse McLaren EMS brought a John Doe, in his 30s, who was…

arterial pulse tapping artifact

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Steve Smith

onJanuary 17, 2023

A 60 year old with chest pain

A 60 year old with chest pain presented to the ED. Here is his first ECG: What do you think? It looks bizarre, doesn’t it? There…

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Pendell Meyers

onJanuary 12, 2023

Quiz post: do either or both of these patients have high lateral OMI / South African flag sign?

Written by Pendell Meyers, edits by Smith Two patients presented with acute chest pain/pressure. Here are their ECGs: Patient 1: Patient…

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Pendell Meyers

onJanuary 9, 2023

A teenager with chest pain, a troponin below the limit of detection, and “benign early repolarization”

Sent by anonymous, written by Pendell Meyers A male in his teens presented with complaints of chest discomfort and dyspnea beginning while…

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Pendell Meyers

onJanuary 6, 2023

A woman in her 50s with acute chest pain

Submitted and written by Anonymous, edits by Meyers and Smith A 50s-year-old patient with no known cardiac history presented at 0045 with…

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Steve Smith

onJanuary 2, 2023

An ECG which is obviously diagnostic of OMI can appear wholly non-specific to most interpreters. A comment on AI.

This was texted to me by a former resident, with no information: What do you think? Here Ken Grauer has used the PM Cardio app to…

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Month: January 2023

QS-wave in V2: 2 cases, different paradigms lead to different treatment times (STEMI – NSTEMI vs. OMI – NOMI)

What is this Rhythm?

Chest pain, and Cardiology didn’t take the hint from the ICD

Unconscious + STEMI criteria: activate the cath lab?

A 60 year old with chest pain

Quiz post: do either or both of these patients have high lateral OMI / South African flag sign?

A teenager with chest pain, a troponin below the limit of detection, and “benign early repolarization”

A woman in her 50s with acute chest pain

An ECG which is obviously diagnostic of OMI can appear wholly non-specific to most interpreters. A comment on AI.