60-something with h/o Coronary Bypass has acute chest pain
A 60-something with h/o Coronary Bypass called 911 for acute chest pain. Here is the first prehospital ECG: What do you think? There is…
OMI? Subendocardial ischemia? Does it matter in this clinical context?
Written by Pendell Meyers A woman in her 70s with known prior coronary artery disease experienced acute chest pain and shortness of…
What does a final diagnosis of STEMI vs. NSTEMI depend upon?
Written by Pendell Meyers, few edits by Smith A woman in her 70s was woken from sleep by midsternal chest pain radiating to left arm with…
Why you should use the Queen of Hearts and record serial ECGs more often. If you wait for troponin…..
This was sent to me by a French colleague, Olivier Peyronie “Yesterday we received a 62 yo man with diabetes, hypertension and smoker.…
A man in his 80s with chest pain and ventricular paced rhythm
Written by Pendell Meyers, with edits by Smith A man in his 80s presented with acute chest pain and normal vital signs. Here is…
What happened after the Cath lab was activated for a chest pain patient with this ECG?
Sent by anonymous, written by Pendell Meyers I received a text with this image and no other information: What do you think? I simply texted…
Chest pain with anterior ST depression: look what happens if you use posterior leads.
Don’t forget to watch the Webinar: Smith and Pendell Meyers interpret ECGs for OMI or not OMI on Monday Feb 12 at 11 AM U.S.…
A woman in her 50s with chest pain and lightheadedness and “anterior subendocardial ischemia”
Written by Pendell Meyers A woman in her 50s presented with acute chest pain and lightheadedness since the past several hours. Here is…
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,…
Watch what happens when you teach others how to find OMI
Submitted by Dr. Caio Aguiar from Brazil, written by Pendell Meyers It is immensely rewarding to receive these emails, like I received…