Podcast on St. Emlyn’s: OMI NOMI and AI Queen of Hearts PMCardio app. Great questions by Iain Beardsell
Our latest @stemlyns podcast is an absolute cracker. A chat with @smithECGBlog about all things OMI and artificial intelligence for…
A man in his 50s with unwitnessed VF arrest, defibrillated to ROSC, and no STEMI criteria on post ROSC ECG. Should he get emergent angiogram?
Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 50s was found by his family in cardiac arrest of unknown duration. His family started CPR and called…
60 year old with chest pain, STEMI negative. What should the discharge diagnosis be?
Written by Jesse McLaren A previously healthy 60 year old developed exertional chest pain with diaphoresis, and called EMS.…
Regular Wide Complex Tachycardia with poor LV function and hypotension. Duration unknown. How to manage?
An older patient with no previous medical history arrived at triage complaining of SOB. Her heart rate was very fast, so we obtained an…
Concerning ECG from the patient in trauma bay 2. Activate the Cath Lab?
Written by Willy Frick You are sitting at your desk, catching up on your charting, and a nurse hands you the following ECG for interpretation.…
Guidelines would (erroneously) say that this patient who was defibrillated and resuscitated does not need emergent angiography
A patient had a cardiac arrest with ventricular fibrillation and was successfully defibrillated. Here was his initial ED ECG: Formal…
A woman in her 50s with multiple episodes of syncope
By Sofiya Diurba MD, reviewed by Meyers, Grauer A woman in her 50s with PMH known RBBB and prior syncopal events presents to the ED for five…
OMI can be very subtle and easy to miss, but be a very large infarction.
I was reading ECGs on the system and came across this one. What do you think? There is minimal STE in II, III, with an inverted…
VF arrest at home, no memory of chest pain. Angiography non-diagnostic. Does this patient need an ICD? You need all the ECGs to know for sure.
Written by Willy Frick A man in his 50s was at home with his family when they heard a thud and rushed into the room to find him unconscious…
Regular Wide Complex Tachycardia. What to do?
A patient in the ICU with significant underlying cardiac disease [HFrEF 30%, non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, LBBB s/p CRT-D (biventricular…