Is there Terminal QRS Distortion?
This ECG has ST Elevation in multiple leads. Is it normal STE? Or is it ischemic STE? What do you think? This ECG is interesting…
Precordial Swirl — 20 cases of Swirl or Look-Alikes
Pendell (Pendell Meyers, of course), with a little help from Smith, coined a new LAD Occlusion pattern “Precordial Swirl,” in…
Chest pain and anterior ST depression. What’s the cause(s)?
Written by Jesse McLaren, with edits from Smith and Grauer A 60 year old with no past medical history presented with two hours of chest pain…
A man in his 30s with cardiac arrest and STE on the post-ROSC ECG
Written by Pendell Meyers and Peter Brooks MD A man in his 30s with no known past medical history was reported to suddenly experience chest…
Acute chest pain: “Activate the Cath Lab!!!!!” Or not?
I was called to the resuscitation room to manage a STEMI patient. I walked into the resuscitation area and was handed this ECG: What did I…
Chest pain one day after a negative stress test
Written by Dominic Nicacio MD, with edits by Pendell Meyers and Steve Smith A man in his early 50s with known CAD and prior stent…
Are all of these ST-T findings due to LVH?
I was texted this ECG: What do you think? What did I text back? The ECG is diagnostic of acute inferior-posterior…
A 50 year old with chest pain? What is going on? By Emre Aslanger.
Posted by Emre Aslanger, our newest blog Editor. Emre is a distinguished cardiologist in Turkey, and has published widely on the ECG…
A man in his 50s with acute chest pain without STEMI criteria. Trop negative. Cath lab cancelled. But how about the ECG and echo?
Case submitted by Matt Tanzi MD, written by Pendell Meyers A man in his early 50s presented with substernal chest pain and that started 1 hour…
Posterior leads can give false reassurance
A 40-something woman with diabetes and peripheral vascular disease who frequently needs the ED for chronic pain called 911 for sudden severe…