A man in his 50s with acute chest pain who is lucky to still be alive.
Sent by Magnus Nossen MD, written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 50s, previously healthy, developed acute chest pain. EMS was called,…
Another myocardial wall is sacrificed at the altar of the STEMI/NonSTEMI mass delusion (and Opiate pain relief).
I received the following text message with these 3 EKGs (providers text me ECGs all day every day; most are false positives; many are subtle…
A 50-something with chest pain. what to do? And get the PM Cardio app for your own use here!
This was sent to me by a friend. It is from a 50-something with chest pain: What do you think? This was marked as “Not a STEMI” by…
A teenager with chest pain, a troponin below the limit of detection, and “benign early repolarization”
Sent by anonymous, written by Pendell Meyers A male in his teens presented with complaints of chest discomfort and dyspnea beginning while…
A man in his 60s with dizziness, nausea, chest pain, and LBBB
Submitted and written by Parker Hambright MD, peer reviewed by Meyers, McLaren, Grauer, Smith A man in his late 60s called EMS for acute…
A man in his 50s with hypoxemic respiratory failure from COVID pneumonia develops chest pain
Submitted by anonymous, written by Parker Hambright, MD, peer reviewed by Meyers, Smith, McLaren A man in his 50s with a past medical history…
Why is there inferior ST elevation, and would you get posterior leads?
Written by Jesse McLaren, with comments by Smith and Grauer A 75 year-old presented with 8 hours of epigastric pain and one episode of…
Missing ECG signs of OMI is associated with early death
Written by Sean Trostel MD, with edits by Smith and Meyers A man in his 80s with history of CAD, MI s/p PCI, HTN, HLD, Afib, and HFrEF,…
A man his 50s with chest pain. What happens when you treat with morphine rather than with reperfusion?
Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his late 50s presented to the ED with 3 days of left chest pain radiating into the jaw and neck. He…