Two patients with chest pain and ST elevation. Are they STEMI?
Both of these patients presented with chest pain. What do you think of the ECGs? For the answer, go to the free pdf of this paper…
Crushing Chest pain, but the ECG is not obvious; later there is both RBBB and LBBB
A 63 year old male presented with crushing chest pain. Prehospital BP was 70, but higher in the ED. Here is the initial ECG at 1033 PM:…
ST depression after cardiac arrest is frequently not due to ACS
Case 1 A 22 yo male had a cardiac arrest with ventricular fibrillation recorded. He was resuscitated. He was comatose. Here…
Early Repol vs. Anterior STEMI article published (online)!
Click here: Electrocardiographic Differentiation of Early Repolarization From Subtle Anterior ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Repost: what is the diagnosis?
I’m reposting an edited version of this post from June 2009. This is a 46 yo male with acute onset of chest pain, in distress, who…
Anterior ST elevation with large broad T-wave: what is the diagnosis?
A 41 year old male presented to a clinic with chest pain. Here is the ECG: There are very large, scary T-waves, with significant ST…
Chest pain in an 80 year old: What is the diagnosis?
An 80 year old male with h/o CABG presented with CP. Here is his initial ECG (which was identical to his prehospital ECG) at 1517: There…
Subtle Anterior Transient Injury Pattern, Not Appreciated, LAD occlusion spontaneously reperfused
This 41 yo male was cleaning using a chemical and experienced sudden substernal chest burning radiating to both arms with SOB, relieved by…
Several Cases of ST Elevation from Early Repolarization
As I have pointed out in other posts, I have developed an equation to help in the electrocardiographic differentiation…
ST elevation of early repolarization may vary with the rate
This 49 yo black male presented with sudden substernal non radiating pleuritic chest pain on the day prior to presentation. Here is the…