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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A man in his sixties with chest pain, tachypnea, and hypertension
Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his sixties presented with acute chest pain and shortness of breath over the past 1-2 hours. Vitals were…
A 40 year old man with chest pain since last night
Written and submitted by Ashley Mogul, with edits by Pendell Meyers and Steve Smith A man in his 40s with recent smoking cessation but…