65 year old with syncope and a ‘normal’ ECG: discharge home?
Written by Jesse McLaren A 65 year old with diabetes presented with a syncopal episode while sitting, associated with weakness but no…
30 yo woman with trapezius pain. HEART Pathway = 0. Computer “Normal” ECG. Reality: ECG is Diagnostic of LAD Occlusion.
This is a repost of this amazing case: Echocardiography, even (or especially) with Speckle Tracking, can get you in trouble. The ECG…
A Middle Aged Male diagnosed with Gastroesophageal Reflux
This middle aged male with h/o GERD but also h/o stents presented to the ED with chest pain. He had been at a clinic that day where he…
Chest pain, a ‘normal’ ECG, a ‘normal trop’, and low HEART and EDACS scores: Discharge home? Stress test? Many errors here.
Written by Jesse McLaren, with comments from Smith and Grauer A 60 year old presented with three weeks of intermittent non-exertional chest…
Occlusion/reperfusion through 6 ‘normal’ ECGs
This is written and contributed by Jesse McLaren (@ECGCases), with comments and edits by Smith, and commentary by Ken Grauer (@EKGPress) An 80…
This ECG was interpreted as completely NORMAL by the computer: What about it is THE critical finding??
A 40 something otherwise healthy man presented with substernal chest pain. It had occurred once 3 days prior and resolved without any…
Computer says “normal,” troponin undetectable.
This was written by @BrooksWalsh, with one comment by Smith A middle-aged guy comes in with chest pain. No known cardiac disease, and he’s…
Trust a computer read of “Normal ECG” at your peril!
This case was contributed by Brooks Walsh, an emergency physician in Connecticut. Don’t trust the “Normal ECG” It’s…
A middle aged female with “heartburn” and a “normal ECG” per the computer
This is a re-posting of a Tweet by Robert Jones (@RJonesSonoEM), reproduced with permission, written by Pendell Meyers A middle aged female…
Computer and transferring physician say “normal.” What do you think?
This was sent by Guillaume Debaty, from the Grenoble Region of France. He has done a lot of great work on cardiac arrest, including as…