Anaphylaxis and ST Elevation
This was written by one of our excellent 2nd year residents, Nathan Ansbaugh, with some editing and commentary by Smith. An otherwise healthy…
Sepsis with Pulmonary Edema and Elevated Right Sided Pressures
I was reading from our list of unconfirmed ED ultrasounds and saw a cardiac ultrasound with good LV function, but with B-lines of pulmonary…
Atrial Flutter. What else??
A 50-something presented with bradycardia. No other history is available. Here is the EKG: There is obvious atrial flutter.…
LAD occlusion or Early Repolarization?
This male in his 20’s presented with chest pain: There is sinus rhythm with a PVC. There is 2.5 mm ST elevation at the J-point, relative…
A patient with a ventricular paced rhythm and chest pain
One of my residents who just graduated saw this patient and sent the case: This 80-something patient presented with chest pain. He had…
Smith EKG lectures next year (2017)…..Schedule
I will be speaking at these conferences next year: 1. Oregon ACEP’s 2017 Annual Conference in SunRiver will be January 28th-…
Non-Vagal Syncope and Saddleback Morphology in V2
This is another case provided by Mustafa Alwan, an internist from Jordan and very talented ECG enthusiast. He posted it on Facebook…
A Patient with Vomiting and Abdominal Pain
This patient complained of prolonged vomiting and abdominal pain. With this history, the ECG is pathognomonic. What is it? First, there are…
An Alcoholic Patient with Syncope
A middle-aged male had sudden syncope. There was head injury and he was intoxicated with alcohol, but he stated “I’ve been…
40-something with severe CP. True + vs. False + high lateral MI. ST depression does not localize.
This was sent by Jason Winter of the Facebook Page Clinical Electrocardiology This post presents one new case, then reviews some…