A woman in her 60s with palpitations, chest discomfort, and multiple misdiagnoses by both EM and Cardiology!!
Written by Pendell Meyers A woman in her 60s was shopping when she suddenly experienced palpitations and chest “discomfort.”…
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…
A man in his 60s with diaphoresis, vomiting, and inferior STE
Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 60s appeared altered and diaphoretic and vomiting to a bystander, who called EMS. EMS personnel agreed…
A middle-aged male with chest pain
A 40-something male presented with chest pressure. Here is his triage ECG: What do you think? The triage physician suspected that this was a…
Looking through a stack of ECGs for a troponin study…..
And I came across this one while reading EKGs for a high sensitivity troponin study: what do you think? Normally, if one sees STE in aVL with…
Cardiac Arrest. What does the ECG show? Also see the bizarre Bigeminy.
A 60-something woman presented after a witnessed cardiac arrest. CPR was started immediately. EMS arrived and found her in a wide…
Another Shark Fin. With a twist.
I was reading stacks of ECGs for a study, without any clinical information. I came across this one and immediately recognized it and knew the…
An ECG sent to me with concern for hyperacute T-waves
Written by Pendell Meyers A woman in her 70s with diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia suddenly developed nausea, diaphoresis, and brief…
Three EKGs shown to me – which if any need emergent reperfusion?
Written by Pendell Meyers We commonly get feedback from readers who are skeptical that we can pick out the subtle NSTEMI occlusions from…
Chest pain and Convex ST Elevation in Precordial Leads
A 30-something y.o. male with PMH significant for anxiety, asthma, and alcohol use disorder presented with chest pain x 1 week. Patient…