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 Pre-operative ECG on a patient with a hip fracture
An 80-something tripped and sustained a hip fracture. The patient had no cardiac symptoms, no syncope, no CP or SOB. He was perfectly…
Chest pain with NonDiagnostic ECG but Diagnostic CT Scan
An elderly woman presented with chest pain that radiated to the back for several hours. Here is here initial ECG: There is only a nonspecific…
A “normal ECG” on a busy night
Written by Pendell Meyers We walked in to an overnight shift with approximately 70 patients in the waiting room and a room full of sign-outs…
I was texted this ECG: “Middle-aged male with Prehospital Cath Lab Activation”
A physician caring for his new arrival, a 50-something with acute chest pain and dyspnea and syncope, texted me this initial ED ED ECG. The…
A middle-aged woman with chest pain and a “normal” ECG in triage
This was sent to me by a former resident from a community hospital: A middle-aged woman complained of chest pain and was seen in triage. She…
Just a few cases that the computer called “normal”
This article has been discussed on Twitter today. It purports to show that you don’t need to read the ECG if the computer says…
Apparent ST depression in lead III. Is it MI?
A few days ago, I posted this ECG with “inferior” ST depression that was reciprocal to high lateral MI due to a 2nd diagonal…