ST Depression and T-wave inversion in V2 and V3.
A middle aged male dialysis patient was found disorganized and paranoid. He had no chest pain or dyspnea. An ECG was recorded. The…
Right sided heart failure and tachycardia.
A middle-aged male presented with tachycardia, dyspnea, and 4+ bilateral leg edema. What is the rhythm? There had been an ice storm, and it…
Should Troponin be a Vital Sign? Perhaps, but only if Interpreted Using Pre-test Probability.
An 80-something non-english speaking patient complained of vertigo. He was asked multiple times about chest pain or dyspnea, but…
Chest pain and Diffuse ST depression, with STE in aVR. You probably think it is left main…..
A 75 year old woman complained of very atypical chest pain, lasting days, worse with movement and palpation. Here is her ECG (ECG-1): There is…
What is the Rhythm?
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Hyperthermia and ST Elevation
This was submitted by Alexandra Schick. Dr. Schick is a PGY3 at the Brown Emergency Medicine Residency in Rhode Island. I remember…
What is going on here?? (The computer called it “STEMI” and “Intraventricular Conduction Delay”!!)
I was asked by my partner to interpret this ECG because the Veritas algorithm had called it “STEMI” and Intraventricular…
A 70-something with Ventricular Paced Rhythm and Chest Pain
A 70-something presented with stuttering chest pain for a couple days that became constant shortly before presentation to the ED. I was shown…
Ventricular Tachycardia? Or SVT with Aberrancy?
This was texted to me, by a recent residency graduate, with the following information: “70-something w hx of TAVR (aortic valve…
Anterior ST Elevation and a High Initial Troponin.
I was shown this ECG with the history that the patient had chest pain: What do you think? This is what I said: “This is not anterior…