Abdominal Pain in a middle-aged patient
I was texted this case by Ankur Kalra, an interventional cardiologist at the University of Indiana. He also did his cardiology…
New Review Article in Annals of Emergency Medicine: ECG Patterns of Occlusion Myocardial Infarction: A Narrative Review
ECG Patterns of Occlusion Myocardial Infarction: A Narrative Review
Normal ECG by many measures. Is it normal?
This was submitted by Hans Helseth, who is applying to med school and who is working as an EKG tech right now. Smith: This patient…
A 50-something man with Chest pain at triage
A 50-something male presented to triage with chest pain for one day. An ECG was recorded quickly before any further history or physical exam:…
Online QTc Calculator for normal and wide QRS (LBBB, RBBB, etc.)
Online QTc Calculator for Normal and Wide QRS (as may be seen with LBBB, RBBB or IVCD ) There are 2 parts to this QTc Calculator. You should…
Syncope, chest pain, and inferior ST Elevation with Reciprocal ST depression in aVL
A 26 year old male presented with syncope and chest pain. Syncope was sudden and without prodrome, and resulted in head trauma with a…
Torsade in a patient with left bundle branch block: is there a long QT? (And: Left Bundle Pacing).
By Smith with comments from our electrophysiologist, Rehan Karim. (And of course Ken’s comments at the bottom) An elderly obese…
Dizziness in a 40-something with recent stent for inferior OMI
Dizziness is so unlikely to be OMI without an obvious ECG, that I am going to pretend that this patient presented with chest pain. The…
Which Chest Pain patient needs a CT scan?
Which patient needs a CT Scan? Case 1: 20-something woman with chest pain Case 2: 50-something man with chest pain Case 1 A 20-something yo…