Three prehospital ECGs in patients with chest pain
Written by Magnus Nossen with Edits by Grauer and Smith The ECGs in today’s case are from 3 different patients all presenting with new-onset…
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…
Even when the story is obvious, with intractable pain, the STEMI paradigm can cause preventable delays
Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his early 60s presented with acute chest pain rated 10/10 with associated nausea and vomiting with…
A man in his 40s with epigastric pain and a dynamic ECG
Case written and submitted by Dr. Arjun J V, peer reviewed by Meyers, Smith, Grauer A 49 year male patient was brought to our ED at…
A man in his 50s with chest pain and shortness of breath
Submitted by Ali Khan MD, written by Pendell Meyers A man in his early 50s presented with exertional chest pain and dyspnea. He had family…
This patient with “NSTEMI” was not allowed to go to the cath lab. Then the ED provider obtained an emergent coronary CT angio. What do you think it showed?
Submitted by Shakita Crichlow MD, edits by Meyers A female in her 60s presented with chest pain off and on starting the day before…
A woman in her 60s with chest pain and prominent J waves
Case submitted by Dan Singer MD and Ryan Barnicle MD, Written by Pendell Meyers A woman in her 60s with history of smoking presented to the ED…
A man in his 50s with 2 hours of chest pressure
Case submitted by Anonymous, written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 50s with history only smoking presented to the ED with chest…
Why doesn’t the name “OMI” say anything about the ECG, in contrast to STEMI? Because sometimes the ECG isn’t always enough, no matter who interprets it.
Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 60s with history of prior CAD with PCI, HTN, HLD, and aortic insufficiency presented with acute chest…