Several Cases of ST Elevation from Early Repolarization
As I have pointed out in other posts, I have developed an equation to help in the electrocardiographic differentiation…
Atrial Flutter Mimicking ST Depression
A 65 year old presented with altered mental status and had an intracranial bleed: One could be fooled into thinking this is sinus tachycardia…
Osborn Waves and Hypothermia
Case 1. Temperature 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees F) due to environmental hypothermia. There is very slow atrial flutter (rate =…
Tachycardia with Pericardial Effusion
A 52 year old man with a history of atrial fibrillation and prosthetic mitral valve replacement just 11 weeks prior presented with a complaint…
Anterior ST elevation: is it STEMI?
I received a call from an outside hospital. A 31 year old healthy auto mechanic had a prolonged exposure to Carbon Monoxide in his…
Hyperacute T-waves, with a Twist
A 30 year old male complained of chest pain and then collapsed. He was resuscitated from ventricular fibrillation. He arrived at…
Atrial Repolarization Wave Mimicking ST Depression
A 25 year old woman presented with a caffeine overdose and chest discomfort. This is her ECG: There is sinus tachycardia (rate =…
Left Bundle Branch Block (LBBB) with Chest Pain, concordant and excessively discordant ST depression V2-V6
A middle-aged male presented pain free after an episode of chest pain. Here is the initial ECG (sorry some is cut off — it is an…
Wellens’ syndrome, no culprit, what happened?
A 55 yo male with h/o smoking complained of 4 days of intermittent chest pain lasting up to a few hours each day. He presented to the ED…
Four anterior STEMIs: acute and reperfused vs. won’t reperfuse, subacute and reperfused vs. not reperfused
These 4 recent cases illustrate acute and subacute MI with reperfusion and absence of reperfusion (or failed reperfusion). QS-waves and…