Paced Rhythm with Dynamic ST segments and Concordant T-waves – High Risk ACS
A 77 yo woman with h/o pacer for unknown reasons (no medical records available) and no h/o coronary disease presented with 24 hours of…
A Child with Blunt Trauma
A 6 yo girl had significant trauma from an MVC, with head injury (initial GCS 10, but no intracranial bleeding) and mild orthopedic…
Electrical Alternans? From Archives of Internal Medicine.
Here is a nice case from Archives of Internal Medicine. Surprisingly, one can read it without a subscription. For the ECG, page…
pdf full text of article on early repol vs. anterior STEMI
This article is now in print in July annals. Smith SW et al. Electrocardiographic Differentiation of Early Repolarization From Subtle…
LVH and New ST-segment elevation: False Positive or True Positive STEMI?
A 72 year old man fell from standing and had head trauma. He was initially disoriented, but cleared. BP was 80/50…
Chest pain and ST-segment Elevation
This was provided by Casey Parker at Broome Docs Blog, with permission. A 23 year old presented with pleuritic left chest pain radiating to…
What is the Diagnosis?
This 65 year old woman presented in cardiogenic shock: Some will find this easy (if so, sorry!), but some might be confused. See below.…
Pseudo-Wellens’ Syndrome due to Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH)
A 52 year old male presented with epigastric pain, continuing in the emergency department. He has a history of hypertension, and is on…
Dynamic inferior MI: STEMI or Non-STEMI? Does it matter?
A 63 year old with no cardiac history developed substernal chest burning while exercising, relieved with rest. It later woke him…
ST depression after cardiac arrest is frequently not due to ACS
Case 1 A 22 yo male had a cardiac arrest with ventricular fibrillation recorded. He was resuscitated. He was comatose. Here…