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onMay 13, 2024

Two patients with diffuse ST depression and reciprocal ST elevation in aVR: do either/both/neither have Occlusion MI?

Written by Jesse McLaren, with additions from Smith Two patients presented with chest pain with ST elevation in aVR, and the same final ECG…

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Willy Frick

onMarch 22, 2024

A 50-something with chest pain. Is there OMI? And what is the rhythm?

Written by Willy Frick A man in his 50s with history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and a 30 pack-year smoking history presented to the…

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Steve Smith

onOctober 15, 2022

Precordial Swirl — 20 cases of Swirl or Look-Alikes

Pendell (Pendell Meyers, of course), with a little help from Smith, coined a new LAD Occlusion pattern “Precordial Swirl,” in…

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Emre Aslanger

onSeptember 25, 2022

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…

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Pendell Meyers

onAugust 15, 2022

A woman in her 30s with several days of chest pain and an episode of altered mental status.

Written by Pendell Meyers, reviewed by Smith, Grauer, McLaren A woman in her early 30s with history of diabetes had 2-3 days of gradual onset…

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Pendell Meyers

onJuly 11, 2022

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…

3 Min Read

Steve Smith

onFebruary 9, 2021

A 50-something with cocaine chest pain and ST Elevation in V1 – V3

This case was expertly managed by Aaron Robinson (https://twitter.com/ARobinsonMD), one of our Hennepin EMS fellows, and by Danika Evans, a…

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Pendell Meyers

onDecember 4, 2020

A 49 year old man with chest pain. Is it OMI? is it pseudonormalization?

Written by Pendell Meyers Before we get to the whole case, let’s interpret this ECG without any other context except to say that…

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Pendell Meyers

onJune 15, 2020

A man in his 60s with shockable arrest, then ROSC, and no STEMI – what will you do?

Case submitted by Allie Oberst and Ashley Mogul, edits by Pendell Meyers and Steve Smith A male in his late 60s with PMH of poorly controlled…

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Pendell Meyers

onFebruary 14, 2020

A man in his 50s with “gas pain”

Written by Pendell Meyers, sent by Anonymous A man in his 50s with history of type 2 diabetes, HTN, and HLD presented with one day of off and…

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Two patients with diffuse ST depression and reciprocal ST elevation in aVR: do either/both/neither have Occlusion MI?

A 50-something with chest pain. Is there OMI? And what is the rhythm?

Precordial Swirl — 20 cases of Swirl or Look-Alikes

A 50 year old with chest pain? What is going on? By Emre Aslanger.

A woman in her 30s with several days of chest pain and an episode of altered mental status.

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!

A 50-something with cocaine chest pain and ST Elevation in V1 – V3

A 49 year old man with chest pain. Is it OMI? is it pseudonormalization?

A man in his 60s with shockable arrest, then ROSC, and no STEMI – what will you do?

A man in his 50s with “gas pain”