75 year old with 24 hours of chest pain, STEMI negative
Written by Jesse McLaren A 75 year old with a history of CABG called EMS after 24 hours of chest pain. HR 40, BP 135/70, RR16, O2 100%.…
50 year old with acute chest pain, with ‘normal’ ECG and falling troponin
Written by Jesse McLaren, with comments from Smith A 50-year old patient on the medical wards developed acute chest pain, with an ECG labeled…
70-year-old with acute chest pain, STEMI negative: just an old infarct?
Submitted by Dr. Dennis Cho (@DennisCho), written by Jesse McLaren A 70-year-old with no cardiac history presented with 2 hours of…
85 year old with chest pain, STEMI negative, then normal troponin but with relatively large delta: discharge?
Written by Jesse McLaren, with comments from Smith An 85 year old with a history of CAD presented with 3 hours of chest pain that feels…
Two 70 year olds with chest pain, and 3 pitfalls of the STEMI paradigm
Written by Jesse McLaren Two 70 year olds had acute chest pain with nausea and shortness of breath, and called paramedics. Who…
Dueling OMI: does this 30 year old with chest pain have any signs of occlusion or reperfusion?
Written by Jesse McLaren, with edits from Smith A 30 year old with a history of diabetes presented with two days of intermittent chest…
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…
65 year old with syncope and a ‘normal’ ECG: discharge home?
Written by Jesse McLaren A 65 year old with diabetes presented with a syncopal episode while sitting, associated with weakness but no…
90 year old with acute chest and epigastric pain, and diffuse ST depression with reciprocal STE in aVR: activate the cath lab?
Case submitted and written by Mazen El-Baba MD, with edits from Jesse McLaren and edits/comments by Smith and Grauer A 90-year old with…
Chest pain and anterior ST depression. What’s the cause(s)?
Written by Jesse McLaren, with edits from Smith and Grauer A 60 year old with no past medical history presented with two hours of chest pain…