hypokalemialong QTU-waves6 Min Read Steve SmithonMay 9, 2020 Adding to the many faces of Hypokalemia…. These 2 cases came in on one shift: See the U-waves that are most prominent in V2 (which is the usual lead) and in V3-V6. = = = I…
atrial fibrillationatrial fibrillation with RVR - primary instabilityOMIposterior OMIposterior STEMI3 Min Read Pendell MeyersonJanuary 12, 2020 A man in his early sixties with palpitations Case submitted and written by James Tavornwattana, edits by Pendell Meyers and Steve Smith. A male in his 60s with diabetes presented to the…
gunshot to headintracranial hemorrhageQTcshort QT6 Min Read Pendell MeyersonSeptember 2, 2019 What is the differential of this very unusual ECG? Take a look at this ECG first without clinical context: = = = What do you think? = = = = = = There is sinus bradycardia with very unusual…
hyperacute T-wavesLAD occlusionLAD OMI missedOMIOMI in cardiac arrestSubtle LADtype III LADType_III_wraparound_LADwraparound LAD7 Min Read Pendell MeyersonSeptember 20, 2018 See what happens when hyperacute T-waves are missed. And can you be lucky to have a cardiac arrest? Written by Pendell Meyers, edits by Steve Smith. A man in his 60s with history of hypertension and MI 10 years ago (with PCI at that time) —…
false positive cath lab activationFalse positive ECGinferior aneurysmInferior Aneurysm MorphologyInferior LV aneurysmLV aneurysmOld inferior MI with persistent ST Elevationreciprocal ST depressiontachycardia2 Min Read Steve SmithonOctober 26, 2010 Tachycardia must make you doubt an ACS or STEMI diagnosis; put it all in clinical context This 54 year old patient with a history of kidney transplant and poor transplant function — had been vomiting all day, when at 10 PM he…