Two patients with chest pain. Do either of them need emergent reperfusion? Both? Neither?
Written by Pendell Meyers Here is a quick comparison / quiz post. It will be easy for long time blog readers. The two ECGs below are…
Acute chest pain and a bizarre ECG
Written by Pendell Meyers A middle aged adult presented with acute undifferentiated chest pain. Here is his ECG at triage: What do you…
Acute chest pain and a difficult ECG
Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his late 40s with several CAD risk factors presented with acute chest pain. He had several episodes lasting…
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…