What will you do for this altered and bradycardic patient?
Written by Pendell Meyers A female in her 60s with COPD, DM, hypothyroidism, CAD, and severe bladder cancer presented from a nursing home with…
A patient with chest pain and dynamic ST elevation
Written by Pendell Meyers A female in her late 40s presented with chest pain, waxing and waning over the past 24 hours. Her history included…
The VERDICT Trial
Written by Pendell Meyers, with edits by Steve Smith The VERDICT trial was recently published. This is yet another study looking at the…
Is this ST elevation normal or abnormal?
Written by Pendell Meyers A male in his 50s with history of HTN, DM, HLD presented with chest pain of less than one hour duration. Here is his…
A woman in her 70s with chest pain
Written by Alex Bracey, with edits by Pendell Meyers and Steve Smith The Case: A woman in her 70s who does not routinely seek medical care and…
Can you see through this wide complex rhythm?
Written by Pendell Meyers A 76 year old man with history of CHF, moderate aortic stenosis, insulin-dependent diabetes, hypertension, stroke,…
Two cases of ST Elevation with Terminal T-wave Inversion – do either, neither, or both need reperfusion?
Written by Pendell Meyers with edits by Steve Smith I was sent these 2 ECGs with no clinical information other than chest pain: Do either or…
Arrhythmia? Ischemia? Both? Electricity, drugs, lytics, cath lab? You decide.
Written by Pendell Meyers with edits by Steve Smith A male in his 60s presented with off and on shortness of breath and chest pressure over…
Was the intern correct?
Written by Pendell Meyers, case submitted by Max Macbarb, edits by Steve Smith A 71 year old gentleman with history of CAD and PCI presented…
Two cases texted to me for concern of inferior hyperacute T waves and a flipped T in aVL – do either, neither, or both need emergent reperfusion?
Written by Pendell Meyers I received two texts recently, in both cases the practitioners were worried about possible inferior hyperacute…