Missed STEMI, spontaneously reperfused
Click here for other very instructive cases of missed STEMI. This is a 48 yo female with no risk factors for CAD had sudden onset of arm…
The last post: why is it not pericarditis? (hint: previous ECG has LV aneurysm morphology)
Yesterday, I posted this interesting transient STEMI. I was asked why it is not pericarditis. I have edited the post (see red text) to…
Transient STEMI, serial ECGs prehospital to hospital, all troponins negative (less than 0.04 ng/ml)
This is a 45 yo male who had an inferior STEMI 6 months prior, was found to have severe LAD and left main disease, and was supposed to be set…
The development of an inferior-posterior STEMI, from prehospital to hospital
For other cases of inferior hyperacute T-wave click here and here. For more on lead aVL, click here and here. Also use labels on the…
Take a look at this prehospital ECG:
Follow on Twitter: smithECGBlog A 49 year old woman with chest pain arrived. The medics had recorded this ECG. What is the…
29 year old, healthy, with pleuritic chest pain
A 29 year old male presented with 6 hours of stuttering chest pain, constant for the last hour, worse with breathing. He had no medical…
Is it MI or pericarditis?
I had a recent comment on this post, which was put up 7 years ago (850 posts since then!). I was reminded of it. And so I thought…
New RBBB and subtle NSTEMI
This 49 year old male presented with chest pain. Initial ECG: sinus with QRS of 128 ms and RBBB, though not obvious. There is T-wave…
Two more Cases of Takotsubo Stress Cardiomyopathy
Case 1. This is the ECG of a 50 yo old woman who collapsed, was found to have a pulse, but then found to be in ventricular tachycardia. She…
Takotsubo Stress Cardiomyopathy
Unfortunately, the ultrasound images of this case were lost. Briefly, this woman without significant cardiac history went into pulmonary edema…