What is the infarct artery? (Complex analysis, in this case)
This case was put on Twitter by Elisha Targonsky, who has a nice EM blog (http://thechartreview.org). He provided it for posting here.…
Is this inferor STEMI?
I received this ECG from a reader: This is a very elderly female with chest discomfort and SOB. Our interpretation was STEMI or demand…
Read this ECG
What is the diagnosis here? The computer read was ****Acute STEMI****What is really going on? See Answer Below This is a trauma patient (motor…
Cold symptoms and bradycardia. What is this pre-excitation?
A young man presented to the ED for cough and runny nose and was bradycardic, so an ECG was recorded: There is sinus rhythm with complete AV…
A Young Woman with Chest Pressure and Subtle, Focal ST Elevation/Depression
A very healthy woman in her 20’s (who, however, is a heavy smoker) presented with 4 days of waxing and waning substernal chest pressure…
What happened after the PCI?
A middle-aged male with h/o CABG x 3, previous stents, and aortic valve and aortic root replacement presented primarily with headache, but…
SMACC-Chicago Program is Online!! Don’t miss this conference!
Social Media and Critical Care, Chicago: SMACC-Chicago. You’ve all heard about SMACC 2013 and SMACC Gold, the best EM and Critical Care…
18 hours of intermittent chest pressure
A male in his 60’s with no previous cardiac history complained of substernal chest pain intermittently for 18 hours. It has more…
EP Report back on this case: a very fast narrow complex rhythm followed by a very fast wide complex
This was a very interesting case: A Very Fast Regular Narrow Complex, Followed by an Equally Fast Regular Wide Complex It had a very fast…
A Hybrid of de Winter’s T-waves and Diffuse Subendocardial Ischemia: Left Main Ischemia
A very elderly woman who was highly functional complained of jaw pain and called 911. Her BP was 80/40 with a puls of 45. Here is…