2 Cases of Acute Ischemic Stroke — What is the Etiology?
Case 1. An elderly patient had sudden onset of severe hemiplegia. He had no chest symptoms. Head CT was negative. tPA…
An Unusual Tachycardia
This Case was sent by Atif Farooqi and Scott Weingart, from Stony Brook. This is a 70-something with history of CABG who presented with 30…
A 25 year old with Epigastric Discomfort, Worse Supine, Better Sitting Up.
This is another case provided by Mustafa Alwan, an internist from Jordan, on Facebook EKG Club This is a 25 year old male…
Lecture: Acute Coronary Syndromes, Part (Overview and Non-STE-ACS) and Part 2 (STEMI)
Here is a pdf of all the slides (parts I and 2). This contains some extra slides which were “hidden” in the presentation. Part 1:…
A 50-something woman with atypical chest pain
This was provided by Mustafa Alwan, an internist from Jordan, on Facebook EKG Club A 50-something female presented with atypical…
What is this? A Perplexing ECG.
A 46 year old woman had syncope. Before seeing the patient or reading the chart, the physician viewed the ECG and was perplexed: What…
A Patient with Syncope
A young man had sudden syncope without a prodrome, after which he was aysmptomatic. He presented to an ED and had this ECG recorded:…
Where is the lesion in this STEMI?
A middle aged male presented with chest pain. EMS was called and an ECG was recorded which is virtually identical to the first ED ECG.…
Symptomatic Bradycardia. So-called Trifascicular Block. Occum’s Razor and Hickum’s dictum.
A middle-aged male with PMH significant for atrial fibrillation, cocaine use, DM, HTN, hyperlipidemia, and previous MI that was related to…
ST Elevation. What is it?
A young woman was found down, unresponsive, with legs crossed. She was intubated by medics. A prehospital EKG (not found, but…