Chest pain and shock: Is there a right ventricular OMI on this ECG? And should he undergo trancutaneous pacing?
A 50-something man presented in shock with severe chest pain. His prehospital ECG was diagnostic of inferior posterior OMI. The patient was in…
A 76 Year Old Female With Recurrent Syncope, Lightheadedness, Palpitations and Negative Stress Test
Written by Lucas Goss MD, peer reviewed by Meyers, Smith, Bracey A 76 year old female with a history of arial fibrillation not on…
A woman with near-syncope, bradycardia, and hypotension
Written by Pendell Meyers A 59-year-old woman with diabetes, hypertension, prior stroke, and peripheral vascular disease presented with…
Weakness and Hypotension, with Bradycardia.
This dialysis patient called 911 for weakness. Medics found the patient to be hypotensive and bradycardic. The patient was taking…
A Mystery Rhythm, Explained by K. Wang’s Ladder Diagram.
This was presented at the SMACC-Gold EKG workshop: Can you figure it out? See the answer below. Here is a nice ladder diagram and explanation…
Middle Aged Male with Burning Chest Pain — Assess the Entire Clinical Scenario
A middle-aged male presented with “burning” mid chest pain, with radiation to bilateral shoulders (pain radiating to both shoulder is…
Bradycardia, SOB, in a Dialysis Patient
A dialysis patient presented with dyspnea and a heart rate of 33. His medications included amlodipine and carvedilol. He has a…
Chest pain and Bradycardia
An elderly male complained of chest pain. He had no previous cardiac history and was only on aspirin, a statin, and a proton pump…