Chest pain one day after a negative stress test
Written by Dominic Nicacio MD, with edits by Pendell Meyers and Steve Smith A man in his early 50s with known CAD and prior stent…
Are all of these ST-T findings due to LVH?
I was texted this ECG: What do you think? What did I text back? The ECG is diagnostic of acute inferior-posterior…
A 50 year old with chest pain? What is going on? By Emre Aslanger.
Posted by Emre Aslanger, our newest blog Editor. Emre is a distinguished cardiologist in Turkey, and has published widely on the ECG…
A man in his 50s with acute chest pain without STEMI criteria. Trop negative. Cath lab cancelled. But how about the ECG and echo?
Case submitted by Matt Tanzi MD, written by Pendell Meyers A man in his early 50s presented with substernal chest pain and that started 1 hour…
Posterior leads can give false reassurance
A 40-something woman with diabetes and peripheral vascular disease who frequently needs the ED for chronic pain called 911 for sudden severe…
Chest pain, peak troponin 100,000 ng/L and this ECG on discharge: what’s the diagnosis?
Written by Jesse McLaren, with edits by Smith Usually cases are presented in chronological order the way they appear in real life. But…
See what happens when the consultant is “Not convinced of STEMI”
Sent by Arjun V, written by Pendell Meyers, edits by Smith A man in his early 40s with history of HTN and obesity suffered sudden out of…
Instant easy save if you understand OMI, but incredibly dangerous if you only know STEMI. Readers of this blog will instantly understand this and save lives!
Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 60s presented with 1 hour of acute chest pain. Vitals were within normal limits. Here is his…
A man in his 30s with chest pain and a normal bedside echo, without wall motion abnormality
Submitted and written by Dominic Nicacio MD, peer reviewed by Meyers, McLaren, Grauer, Smith A man in his early thirties with history of…
Back to the basics. An elderly man with chest pain, no STEMI criteria, and troponin within normal limits. What does his ECG mean?
Written by Pendell Meyers An elderly man with history of CAD presented to the ED with acute chest tightness and diaphoresis beginning 30…