Cardiologist declines taking patient to the cath lab. Patient dies.
Sent by anonymous, written by Pendell Meyers A middle aged man presented with acute shortness of breath. Apparently he denied chest pain.…
Guess the culprit with ST Elevation in posterior leads
A middle aged man had off and on chest pain for 2 weeks, then 2 hours of more severe and constant pain. Here was his ED ECG, which was…
A man in his early sixties with palpitations
Case submitted and written by James Tavornwattana, edits by Pendell Meyers and Steve Smith A male in his 60s with diabetes presented to the ED…
A female in her 60s with sudden chest pressure
Written by Pendell Meyers A female in her mid 60s with history of SVT and HTN presented with sudden onset 3/10 chest tightness while lying in…
How much time are you willing to wait for OMI to become STEMI (if it ever does)?
Written by Pendell Meyers, few edits by Smith A man in his 60s with history of stroke and hypertension but no known heart disease presented…
A dialysis patient with nonspecific symptoms and pseudonormalization of ST segments
This is a case written by Dan Lee (One of our fantastic Hennepin Residents, class of 2020) edits by Smith A 60 something-year-old man…
Posterolateral OMI resulting in VT, then R-on-T phenomenon and VF
Submitted by Arjun Iyer, Written by Pendell Meyers A male in his 50s with no known medical history presented for chest pain and shortness of…
A middle aged man with ST depression and a narrow window of opportunity
Written by Pendell Meyers I received a text at 18:13 of an ECG taken several minutes prior, with no clinical information and only the question…
Cardiac arrest #3: ST depression, Is it STEMI? or is he an ACCESS Trial Candidate?
A patient with unwitnessed arrest received a shock from the AED (presumably ventricular fibrillation). He underwent extensive…
Another Cardiac Arrest – Is it OMI this time? Use your skills from the previous post!
Written by Pendell Meyers, with edits by Steve Smith: A 49 year old male with history of HTN suddenly complained of shortness of breath, and…