60-something with 2 days of intermittent epigastric pain. Why does the cardiologist disagree?
One of our residents who just graduated 3 months ago texted me this ECG: “Hey Steve, would be grateful for any thoughts on this…
Do you understand these T-wave inversions?
Case submitted and written by Alex Bracey, with edits by Pendell Meyers A man in his 50s without prior medical history was sent to the…
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…
You have two hours to save this patient’s life
Written by Pendell Meyers, edits by Steve Smith A female in her 60s with history of CAD s/p PCI and CABG, alcohol abuse, and recurrent…
A female in her 60s who was lucky to get expert ECG interpretation
Submitted and written by Alex Bracey, with edits by Pendell Meyers and Steve Smith: I was walking through the critical care section of the ED…
A male in his 50s with chest pain. What is your interpretation?
Written by Pendell Meyers, edits by Smith: A male in his 50s with no significant past medical history complained of several episodes of chest…
A male in his 60s with chest pain
Case sent in by Alex Bracey, written by Pendell Meyers, edited by Smith: A male in his 60s woke up from sleep with chest pain radiating to the…
10 Cases of Inferior Hyperacute T-waves
In the last post, I showed: Ten (10) Examples of Hyperacute T-waves in Lead V2 (a few in V3), due to acute LAD occlusion Today, 10…
A Male in his 60s with Chest pain. What is the ECG Diagnosis?
Here is the ECG of a man with 2 hours of chest pain. He had a history of MI with LAD stent. I cannot find his prehospital ECG, but…
Inferior hyperacute T-waves and ST elevation. Angiogram is normal. What happened?
I recently received this from a reader: “I recently saw this 31 year old male with central chest tightness that started at 530am and…