Chest pain followed by 6 days of increasing dyspnea — what happened?
Written by Magnus Nossen, edits by Smith The patient in today’s case is an 85-year-old male with a history of COPD and dementia. He…
Why the sudden shock after a few days of malaise?
Written by Magnus Nossen – Edits by Grauer and Smith The patient in today’s case is a woman in her 70s with a previous medical history…
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…
Persistent Ventricular Fibrillation, ED ECMO, ED TEE, ROSC, Shark Fin ECG (also called “Giant R-wave”), Postinfarction Regional Pericarditis. What a Case!
A 40-something suffered witnessed ventricular fibrillation, had bystander CPR, but could not be defibrillated after 4 attempts. He was…
Initial Reperfusion T-waves, Followed by Pseudonormalization. Diagnosis?
A middle-aged woman had intermittent angina for 48 hours, then onset of constant, crushing chest pain for 1.5 hours when she called 911.…
Large Transmural STEMI with Myocardial “Rupture” of Ventricular Septum
A man in his 60’s presented after 4 days of chest pain, with some increase of pain on the day of presentation. Exact pain history…
Cardiac Arrest, hypotension, tachycardia
A 65 yo woman had felt ill for 36 hours, had seen her MD but without undergoing a cardiac evaluation. She collapsed and 911 was called; she…