Anterior OMI. What does the angiogram show?
Written by Willy Frick A 50 year old man with no medical history presented with acute onset substernal chest pain. His ECG is shown…
What do you think of these 2 ECGs in patients with chest pain? How to approach these?
What do you think of these 2 ECGs in patients with chest pain? How to approach these? ECG 1 (sent to my by Sam Ghali @EM_resus) ECG 2…
What diagnosis might you strongly suspect from the ECG in this patient with chronic progressive shortness of breath?
Written by Magnus Nossen ECG interpretation is largely based on pattern recognition. Today’s case provides another example of an ECG…
Resuscitated from ventricular fibrillation. Should the cath lab be activated?
This patient was witnessed by bystanders to collapse. They started CPR. EMS arrived and found him in Ventricular Fibrillation…
ECG Podcasts on 12-Lead & Arrhythmias — Pearls, Pitfalls, OMI & AI and Lots More
================================= I recently recorded a series of 4 podcasts regarding KEY concepts in ECG interpretation.…
A prehospital ECG in a patient with chest pain. The paramedics tell me it is normal.
I was working at triage when the medics brought this patient who is 65 yo and has had chest pain for 12 hours. They recorded a prehospital ECG…
What are treatment options for this rhythm, when all else fails?
Written By Magnus Nossen — with edits by Ken Grauer and Smith. The patient in today’s case is a previously healthy 40-something male who…
A man in his 80s with chest pain and ventricular paced rhythm
Written by Pendell Meyers, with edits by Smith A man in his 80s presented with acute chest pain and normal vital signs. Here is…
Medics were criticized for not activating the cath lab
This is the prehospital ECG from an 81 year old man with acute chest pain. You will need to click on it to enlarge it in order to see it…
Which of these, if either, is OMI? Which of these underwent emergent angiography and PCI? Which should have?
Sent by anonymous, written by Pendell Meyers Case 1: A man in his 50s presented with acute chest pain. Normal vital signs. Here is his…