Acute chest pain with LBBB and obvious OMI, worsening on serial ECGs, but repeatedly missed by physicians and Marquette 12SL
This was written by Hans Helseth. He just graduated from college. He has no medical training, but he has read this blog for years. He is an…
Acute Dyspnea in a Dialysis Patient. K is 6.3 mEq/L. Are ECG findings due to hyperkalemia, or even due to Type 2 MI?
I was reading ECGs on the system and saw all of these, from one patient. I read them without clinical context and looked at the clinical…
New Review Article in Annals of Emergency Medicine: ECG Patterns of Occlusion Myocardial Infarction: A Narrative Review
ECG Patterns of Occlusion Myocardial Infarction: A Narrative Review
Normal ECG by many measures. Is it normal?
This was submitted by Hans Helseth, who is applying to med school and who is working as an EKG tech right now. Smith: This patient…
Online QTc Calculator for normal and wide QRS (LBBB, RBBB, etc.)
Online QTc Calculator for Normal and Wide QRS (as may be seen with LBBB, RBBB or IVCD ) There are 2 parts to this QTc Calculator. You should…
One of those ECGs you need to instantly recognize, which learners may struggle with at first
Written by Pendell Meyers An adult man presented with acute chest pain. He appeared critically ill. He had undergone stenting of the LAD…
Syncope, chest pain, and inferior ST Elevation with Reciprocal ST depression in aVL
A 26 year old male presented with syncope and chest pain. Syncope was sudden and without prodrome, and resulted in head trauma with a…
Is it important to try to determine the culprit vessel based on ECG?
Written by Willy Frick A man in his 60s with hypertension and prior stroke presented with three days of crushing chest pain. He reported…