Quiz post: do either or both of these patients have high lateral OMI / South African flag sign?
Written by Pendell Meyers, edits by Smith Two patients presented with acute chest pain/pressure. Here are their ECGs: Patient 1: Patient…
A teenager with chest pain, a troponin below the limit of detection, and “benign early repolarization”
Sent by anonymous, written by Pendell Meyers A male in his teens presented with complaints of chest discomfort and dyspnea beginning while…
A woman in her 50s with acute chest pain
Submitted and written by Anonymous, edits by Meyers and Smith A 50s-year-old patient with no known cardiac history presented at 0045 with…
An ECG which is obviously diagnostic of OMI can appear wholly non-specific to most interpreters. A comment on AI.
This was texted to me by a former resident, with no information: What do you think? Here Ken Grauer has used the PM Cardio app to…
30-something woman with a HEART score of zero, EDACS of 2, computer “Normal” ECG, and initial troponin < Limit of Detection
I was working in triage very late when a 30 yo previously completely healthy woman walked in with 30 minutes of central chest pressure. This…
See OMI vs. STEMI philosophy in action
by Emre Aslanger Dr. Aslanger is our newest editorial member. He is an interventional cardiologist in Turkey. Dr. Aslanger is also…
A young patient with diminishing pain with a subtle but diagnostic ECG.
Written by Emre Aslanger (Emre is our newest editor. He is an interventionalist in Turkey and one of 3 originators of the OMI/NOMI…
A woman in her 70s with chest pain
Submitted and written by Quinton Nannet, MD, peer reviewed by Meyers, Grauer, Smith A woman in her 70s recently diagnosed with COVID was…
Right Bundle Branch Block and Posterior OMI????
This 39 year old patient presents with syncope. What do you think? There appears to be RBBB with excessively discordant ST depression…
A man in his 50s with acute chest pain and LVH
Sent by Drew Williams, written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 50s with history of hypertension was standing at the bus stop when he developed…