Right Bundle Branch Block with Acute ST Elevation Seen Best on Prehospital ECG
This patient is 38 years old with hyperlipidemia. He was at the gym when he had the onset of chest pain. EMS was activated and recorded the…
Elderly With No Symptoms, Wellens’s Thus Overlooked, Then ST Elevation Doubted
Here is a case of an 89 year old woman who had syncope but no chest pain or shortness of breath. Her initial EKG (#1) shows some ST depression…
Hyperacute T waves
Below are several examples of hyperacute T waves. Click here for more great examples of hyperacute T-waves. Click here for cases of…
ST depression limited to Inferior leads is reciprocal to high lateral wall and represents STEMI
When there is inferior ST depression, one is tempted to diagnose “inferior ischemia”. However (paradoxically and mysteriously)…
If there is high suspicion for ischemia, do serial EKGs and pay attention to them!
Case 1) This is the initial EKG of a 60 yo male with a couple days of stuttering chest pain. He is pain free at the time of the EKG at 2100.…
Acute MI from LAD occlusion, or early repolarization?
3 hours of chest pain. Is it STEMI or is it normal (or early repolarization)? Read Answer Below This ECG looks quite normal, with only…
Two cases of ST depression
NSTEMI with subtle ST depression. EKG from 11-12. Symptoms on 11-12 were also subtle, but present for 5 days, so if a single troponin was…
ST elevation MI in the setting of a paced rhythm
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t wave inversion
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Is this Wellens’ syndrome??? No! It is old MI with persistent ST elevation (LV aneurysm morphology)
This 53 year old man presented with increasingly frequent episodes of chest pain, the longest lasting for 10 minutes. He was from Africa and…