Pure Posterior STEMI, not a rare event
This 65 yo male presented with 24 hours of intermittent and low grade chest pressure. Here is the presenting ECG: There is ST depression with…
Subacute STEMI Masked by a Wide Complex
See this post for a wide complex that reveals the MI. Case: This 46 yo male with no h/o MI or coronary disease presented with 2 days of…
Tachycardia must make you doubt an ACS or STEMI diagnosis; put it all in clinical context
This 54 year old patient with a history of kidney transplant with poor transplant function had been vomiting all day when at 10 PM he…
Pseudoinfarction patterns: there are many and this is one: what is it?
This is courtesy of Mohammed S. Alo, who kindly let me reproduce a case from his blog (Mohammed Alo’s blog). This is a 40 year old male…
Inferior STEMI: can we predict the infarct related artery?
Inferior STEMI may be due to RCA or circumflex occlusion (and occasionally due to a “Type III” or “wraparound” LAD,…
Cardiac Arrest, acute ST elevation and depression superimposed on LVH, but NOT due to ACS
This young male had ventricular fibrillation during a triathlon. He was resuscitated with chest compressions and defibrillation and 1 mg of…
Wide Complex Tachycardia converted, subsequent 12-lead with ST elevation due to WPW
This 58 yo male with a PMHx only significant for Sleep Apnea felt dizzy, lightheaded and nauseated after exerting himself, with no CP or SOB.…