A woman in her 50s with acute chest pain
Written by Pendell Meyers A woman in her 50s with no significant past medical history experienced acute anterior chest pain that woke…
What does this ECG show?
Written by Pendell Meyers Try first to interpret the ECG without any clinical context: What do you think? Sinus rhythm with abnormal STE in…
Acute chest pain and ST Elevation. CT done to look for aortic dissection…..
Written by Willy Frick A 67 year old man with a history of hypertension presented with three days of chest pain radiating to his back. He had…
Our OMI Toolbox Application is out now !
We are happy to announce that our “OMI Toolbox” application has just released and ready for your use. As myocardial…
Is this Myo-pericarditis? Or OMI with subsequent pericarditis? Does the angiogram always explain the ECG findings?
A 57 y.o. male with a history of diabetes presented with sharp, substernal chest pain with radiation to the bilateral shoulders that…
A man in his 50s with “no reciprocal ST depression” and “diffuse” ST elevation. What does diffuse actually mean?
Written by Pendell Meyers EMS called in while I was on shift and asked me to review an ECG of a man in his 50s with acute chest pain and…
80-something year old with acute chest pain. 3 visits. Fascinating Ultrasound progression
An 80-something year old man with history of metastatic cancer had acute onset of chest pain and called 911. Here is his prehospital ECG: What…
A young woman in her early 20s with syncope
Written by Pendell Meyers A 20 year old female with an episode of syncope was triage to my low acuity zone one morning. Her vitals were within…
Teenager with chest pain and slightly elevated troponin. What happens then?
This is a previously healthy male teenager who was awoken by chest pain. He was seen at another hospital and found to have a…
A patient with chest pain and dynamic ST elevation
Written by Pendell Meyers A female in her late 40s presented with chest pain, waxing and waning over the past 24 hours. Her history included…