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onNovember 12, 2018

Two cases texted to me for concern of inferior hyperacute T waves and a flipped T in aVL – do either, neither, or both need emergent reperfusion?

Written by Pendell Meyers I received two texts recently, in both cases the practitioners were worried about possible inferior hyperacute…

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Steve Smith

onOctober 9, 2018

Another Inadequate Paper Published on Triage ECGs, whose Conclusions Need Scrutiny.

See the Case below. This paper was just published: Noll S. et al. The utility of the triage electrocardiogram for the detection of…

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Pendell Meyers

onSeptember 20, 2018

See what happens when hyperacute T-waves are missed

Written by Pendell Meyers, edits by Steve Smith A man in his 60s with history of hypertension and MI 10 years ago, with PCI, presented to an…

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Pendell Meyers

onSeptember 2, 2018

A Tale of 2 Occlusions in the Same Patient: one with Expert ECG interpretation, the Other Without

Submitted by Nic Thompson, Written by Pendell Meyers, edits by Steve Smith This is a long post, but well worth the read because it clearly…

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Pendell Meyers

onAugust 11, 2018

“Are these hyperacute T-waves?” – what is your recommendation for the team in these two cases?

Written by Pendell Meyers, edits by Steve Smith When practitioners are learning a new ECG concept for the first time, they very appropriately…

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Steve Smith

onJune 28, 2018

If you had recorded an ECG during chest pain, what would it have shown?

Case A 40-something male presented to triage. He had suffered a couple bouts of typical chest pain in the last 24 hours. …

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Pendell Meyers

onFebruary 22, 2018

Shoulder pain after lifting a heavy box

Written by Pendell Meyers, edits by Steve Smith This will be too easy for most long-time readers, but if you are at that level, sit back and…

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Steve Smith

onDecember 29, 2017

Prehospital ECG looks very suspicious to the paramedic

This was sent by an anonymous paramedic. “One of the paramedics at my work approached me the other day and asked for my opinion on two…

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Pendell Meyers

onNovember 25, 2017

What is lurking underneath this new right bundle branch block?

Written by Pendell Meyers, edits by Smith: Case A 72 year old female with hypertension and COPD presented with sudden shortness of breath and…

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Steve Smith

onNovember 19, 2017

It is not a STEMI; it is an opportunity to save myocardium!

I was teaching about subtle coronary occlusion at EKG conference to our residents a couple days ago. About coronary occlusion that does…

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Two cases texted to me for concern of inferior hyperacute T waves and a flipped T in aVL – do either, neither, or both need emergent reperfusion?

Another Inadequate Paper Published on Triage ECGs, whose Conclusions Need Scrutiny.

See what happens when hyperacute T-waves are missed

A Tale of 2 Occlusions in the Same Patient: one with Expert ECG interpretation, the Other Without

“Are these hyperacute T-waves?” – what is your recommendation for the team in these two cases?

If you had recorded an ECG during chest pain, what would it have shown?

Shoulder pain after lifting a heavy box

Prehospital ECG looks very suspicious to the paramedic

What is lurking underneath this new right bundle branch block?

It is not a STEMI; it is an opportunity to save myocardium!