Repost from 2009 on Posterior STEMI
I was pleased to see the discussion of posterior MI come up on “Academic Life in Emergency Medicine”. However, the topic of…
What does this tracing show? (contributed by K. Wang)
I don’t have the clinical presentation, but the ECG is diagnostic on its own: See question and answer below What does this tracing show?…
Man in his 60’s with very subtle ECG and pain not controlled with medical therapy
A male in his 60’s presented 30 minutes after the onset of crushing substernal chest pain. Medics recorded 2 ECGs, one before and…
Chest Pain in a Male in his 20’s; Inferior ST elevation: Inferior lead “early repol” diagnosed. Is it?
A 20-something male presented from an outside facility with Chest pain. Vital signs were normal. History: Onset of CP 2.5 hours prior to…
Increasing ST elevation. STEMI vs. dynamic early repolarization vs. pericarditis.
Here is a series of ECGs with increasing ST elevation (STE). They are of a young male with pleuritic, but not positional, chest…
Found a great site for beginners in ECG, also good for experienced readers!
It’s an Irish site. It has excellent video demonstrations of the underlying pathophysiology of ECG findings correlated with…
What is this irregular supraventricular tachycardia? New K. Wang Video.
K. Wang, MD Clinical Professor of Medicine Cardiology Division University of Minnesota med.umn.edu/cardiology/faculty/wang/home.html Here is…
Large Transmural STEMI with Myocardial “Rupture” of Ventricular Septum
A man in his 60’s presented after 4 days of chest pain, with some increase of pain on the day of presentation. Exact pain history…
K. Wang Video: Differential Diangosis of Tall R Waves in Right Precordial Leads
Again, thanks to K. Wang and to Scott Joing of www.hqmeded.com for this fine video: K. Wang, MD Clinical Professor of Medicine Cardiology…
Young Woman with history of repaired Tetralogy of Fallot presents with chest pain
History: This woman in her 20’s (age) with history of repaired Tetralogy of Fallot presented with CP. Here is her presenting…