A man in his 50s with anterior ST elevation and a “tall T wave in V1”
Written by Pendell Meyers Take a look at this ECG from a 57 yo M without any context first: What do you think? Imagine he presented with chest…
Narrow Complex Tachycardia at a Rate of 220
40-something yo who is on flecainide and diltiazem had sudden onset chest pain, palpitations, shortness of breath and diaphoresis:…
Syncope in a young man
Written by Pendell Meyers Let’s say a young person presented with exertional syncope. They are now at baseline, asymptomatic,…
A man in his late 40s with chest pain
Written by Pendell Meyers with edits by Smith A man in his late 40s with no known medical problems was at work when he suddenly…
A man in his 70s with chest pain, shortness of breath, and acute huge anterior ST elevation
Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 70s presented to the ED complaining of various symptoms including chest pain and shortness of breath.…
A 76 Year Old Female With Recurrent Syncope, Lightheadedness, Palpitations and Negative Stress Test
Written by Lucas Goss MD, peer reviewed by Meyers, Smith, Bracey A 76 year old female with a history of arial fibrillation not on…
Some ECG simply require pattern recognition, followed by a bit of investigation
Brooks Walsh @BrooksWalsh helped with this post One of my partners showed me this series of ECGs, without any info: I said:…
Wide and weird
Written by Clare Gunn MD, peer reviewed by Smith, Meyers, Bracey A 74-year-old female presented to the ER after a trip and fall (unclear if…
ST Depression Seen While scrolling through ECGs — What is it?
This is a good one for residents and students! I was reading ECGs on the system and saw this one. What do you think? When I subsequently…
Crushing Chest pain, Tachycardia, and Very Elevated Blood Pressure in a 40-something Man.
A 40-something male called 911 for 2 hours of crushing, non-radiating, chest pain at about 11 AM. He reported a similar episode…