Chest pain with “Non-diagnostic ECG”. What is the finding? What do you think happened?
Written by Magnus Nossen A 69-year-old woman with a 50-year history of smoking contacted EMS due to sudden onset chest pain. The chest pain…
An elderly male with acute chest pain
Written by Magnus Nossen The patient in today’s case is a 90-something male with a medical history of prostate cancer and chronic AFib,…
An 80-year-old with chest pain and a wide QRS. Should you give thrombolytics?
Written by Magnus Nossen Today’s patient is an 80-year-old man with stage 5 chronic kidney disease (CKD), but not yet receiving…
A 35-year old woman with this post-ROSC ECG. What does “shark fin” morphology mean?
Written by Magnus Nossen. The patient in today’s case is a 35-year-old overweight female. She experienced sudden onset chest pain and…
87-year-old with chest pain
Written by Magnus Nossen. This prehospital ECG was obtained form an elderly male with new onset chest pain. The pain was substernal 7/10,…
Why did it take 70 years for this to cause trouble? And what are the markers of risk in this ECG?
This patient was admitted after experiencing syncope while seated. What is the primary abnormality on this ECG, and what additional, more…
The diagnosis is NSTEMI, a worthless diagnosis which harms patients.
Written by Magnus Nossen, with many comments by Smith A 50-something male with a medical hx of type I diabetes and hypertension…
A young man with a ‘pathologic’ ECG
Written by Magnus Nossen The patient in today’s case is a young adult male who has had annual cardiological follow-ups due to a…
What happens when you give morphine for chest pain in ACS? And what is pseudo-normalization of T-waves?
Written by Magnus Nossen, with edits by Smith The patient in today’s case is a 70-year-old farmer. He has a history of coronary artery…