Are these Hyperacute T-waves?
I received this ECG in a text message, with the message: “Hey, these look like hyperacute T waves to me, what do you think? It’s…
Upon arrival to the emergency department, a senior emergency physician looked at the ECG and said “Nothing too exciting.”
This case was provided by Spencer Schwartz, an outstanding paramedic at Hennepin EMS who is on Hennepin EMS’s specialized…
A woman in her 20s with syncope
Written by Destiny Folk MD, with edits by Meyers, peer reviewed by Smith and Grauer. A woman in her late 20s with a past medical history of…
Patient in Single Vehicle Crash: What is this ST Elevation, with Peak Troponin of 6500 ng/L?
A 30-something male was involved in a single vehicle crash and had multiple injuries. As a routine part of his critical trauma…
A man in his 70s with chest pain
Case submitted by Rachel Plate MD, written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 70s presented with chest pain which had started acutely at…
What do you think of this “Ventricular Bigeminy”?
Written by Bobby Nicholson MD, with edits by Meyers A woman in her 50s with past medical history of heart failure, prior stroke, atrial…
Sometimes even ST Elevation meeting criteria is not enough to be convincing
Written by Emre Aslanger. Emre is a new Editor of the Blog. He is an interventionalist in Turkey. A 50 something-year-old man with…
An elderly woman with acute vomiting, presyncope, and hypotension, and a wide QRS complex
Written by Pendell Meyers Family of an elderly woman with many comorbidities called EMS when she suddenly experienced shortness of…
I was shown this ECG without any information. What do you think?
I was shown this ECG; “Steve, what do you think of this?”: What is going on? I said: “This is pulse tapping artifact and a…