5 Cardiologists said this is not a STEMI. But was it an OMI?
Written by Pendell Meyers A male in his early 50s presented with waxing and waning chest pain starting at rest. He had multiple cardiovascular…
A young woman with altered mental status and hypotension
Written by Pendell Meyers I texted this Prehospital ECG with no clinical information to Dr. Smith. What do you think? Dr. Smith texted back…
OMI Confirmed by POCUS Echo in a 50 year man
Case submitted and written by Alex Bracey A man in his 50s with no significant past medical history presented from a local beach with…
A man in his 40s with chest pain and syncope after cocaine use
Written by Pendell Meyers, with edits by Steve Smith A man in his early 40s with history of MI s/p PCI presented with bilateral anterior chest…
A female in her 60s with sudden chest pressure
Written by Pendell Meyers A female in her mid 60s with history of SVT and HTN presented with sudden onset 3/10 chest tightness while lying in…
A 40 year old man with chest pain since last night
Written and submitted by Ashley Mogul, with edits by Pendell Meyers and Steve Smith A man in his 40s with recent smoking cessation but…
The OMI Manifesto Lecture (1 Hour Video Lecture)
Written and recorded by Pendell Meyers Here is a 1-hour video lecture accompanying our OMI Manifesto (released last year on Dr. Smith’s…
Would you have given thrombolytics to this NSTEMI patient?
Case submitted by Dr. James Alva A middle aged male called EMS for chest pain. EMS arrived and confirmed that the patient was complaining of…
ST segment concavity is just one small piece of the puzzle that is pattern recognition
Written by Pendell Meyers Here are two striking examples from a single shift highlighting the fallibility of the standard “smiley…
A man in his sixties with chest pain at midnight with undetectable troponin
Written by Pendell Meyers A male in his 60s with no known past medical history presented at midnight with chest pain over the past 3 hours.…