Dyspnea, Chest pain, Tachypneic, Ill appearing: Bedside Cardiac Echo gives the Diagnosis
A male in his 60s presented complaining of dysnpea and chest pain. He was tachypneic and ill appearing. I was texted this ECG. The…
COPD exacerbation, what do the ECG and bedside echo show?
A woman in her 60s presented with a COPD exacerbation. She also complained of some sharp chest pain with coughing. She was in moderate…
Elderly woman in Shock. EKG from #smaccGOLD pre-conference EKG workshop.
We had a great pre-smaccGOLD EKG conference, with Louise Cullen moderating and featuring Ed Burns, Hussam Tayib, John Larkin, Roger Harris,…
Ventricular Fibrillation During Echocardiogram, Then Spontaneous Conversion Without Defibrillation
A 47 yo male presented to the Echo Lab one day after being seen in the ED for syncope. During the echocardiogram, the tech noted that…
Pseudonormalization of Wellens’ Waves
A male in his 60’s complained of intermittent chest pain all day. He was vague as to whether there was active chest pain, but it…
Incessant Regular Wide Complex Tachycardia
A male in his 50’s presented after a witnessed syncopal episode. He reported multiple syncopal events over the last 1-2 months with…
Inferior STEMI? Read the ECG systematically.
Leads V1 and V2 appear to be reversed. Otherwise, what is it? This diagnosis may be obvious to some, but it is easy to let your eyes be…
Pseudo High Lateral STEMI — How not to be deceived by ST elevation in aVL
This ECG was shown to me with no other information: My response was: this is normal variant ST elevation in I and aVL. …
Cardiac Arrest: To the cath lab with ongoing chest compressions
A male in his 20’s with no past medical history was found in cardiac arrest. He had been complaining of chest pain. Medics…