Chest pain with anterior ST depression: look what happens if you use posterior leads.
Don’t forget to watch the Webinar: Smith and Pendell Meyers interpret ECGs for OMI or not OMI on Monday Feb 12 at 11 AM U.S.…
A teenager involved in a motor vehicle collision with abnormal ECG
Written by Pendell Meyers A teenager was involved in a motor vehicle collision and presented to the Emergency Department via EMS altered and…
What will happen if you implement the Queen of Hearts in your Hospital?
This case was sent by Dr. Jean-christophe Reiters, an interventionalist in Belgium. He has been following the blog for 4 years. He has…
Chest pain, ST Elevation, well-formed Q-waves, and infarction with peak hs troponin I over 1000 ng/L. Is it OMI?
A 60-something male presented stating that he had had chest pain that morning which awoke him from sleep but then resolved after several…
A 40-something with chest pain
This was sent by Sam Ghali @EM_RESUS A 44 year old man presented with chest pain The tech came running with the ECG as the computer called…
Chest pain and a computer ‘normal’ ECG. Therefore, there is no need for a physician to look at this ECG.
Written by Jesse McLaren, comments by Smith A 55 year old with a history of NSTEMI presented with two hours of exertional chest pain, with…
Acute chest pain in a patient with LVH and known coronary disease. What does the ECG show?
A 40-something with severe diabetes on dialysis and with known coronary disease presented with acute crushing chest pain. Here is his ED ECG:…
What kind of AV block is this? And why does she develop Ventricular Tachycardia?
This was written by Magnus Nossen The patient is a female in her 50s. She presented with a one week hx of «dizziness» and weakness. She was…
A man in his 30s with chest pain. How was he managed? What if they had used the Queen of Hearts?
Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his late 30s with history of hypertension, tobacco use, and obesity presented to the Emergency Department…
Two patients with chest pain, with QRS obscured: which was STEMI positive, and which had Occlusion MI?
Written by Jesse McLaren Two patients presented with acute chest pain, and below are the precordial leads V1-6 for each. Patient 1 (ECG…