Prolonged (63 minutes) Ventricular Fibrillation, Followed by Shock. What’s going on?
A middle-aged patient presented in continued ventricular fibrillation after 5 minutes of down time and 45 minutes of prehospital resuscitation…
History of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM), with Tachycardia and High Lactate
A patient under 40 with h/o HOCM and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (for secondary prevention of VF arrest that occurred during…
Acute Cardiogenic Shock: What is the Diagnosis?
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Sudden Cardiogenic Shock
An elderly woman presented with rather sudden altered mental status, hypoxia, and hypotension. She had no significant past medical…
Cardiogenic Shock and Pulmonary Edema due to Subacute Anterior STEMI
This is a 72 yo male whose symptoms began with a cough 12 hours prior to presentation, at which time he had CP, SOB, and resp distress. On…