Dyspnea, Chest pain, Tachypneic, Ill appearing: Bedside Cardiac Echo gives the Diagnosis
A male in his 60s presented complaining of dysnpea and chest pain. He was tachypneic and ill appearing. I was texted this ECG. The…
31 Year Old Male with RUQ Pain and a History of Pericarditis. Submitted by a Med Student, with Great Commentary on Bias!
This was submitted by a fantastic medical student who wished to remain anonymous: (Update on June 2, 2020): I can now say that is was…
Chest pain, SOB, Precordial T-wave inversions, and positive troponin. What is the Diagnosis?
A male in his 60’s with med h/o only significant for HTN and hyperlipidemia presented for CP and SOB. On the day prior,…
Cardiac Ultrasound may be a surprisingly easy way to help make the diagnosis
This case was contributed by Vince DiGiulio. A 63 year old woman who was otherwise healthy had a syncopal episode. She had no CP, no SOB, but…
Answer: pulmonary embolism. Now another, with ultrasound….
This 18 year old presented with syncope and tachycardia. Similar to the last case (the “quiz”), there is sinus tachycardia with…
This is a quiz. The ECG is nearly pathognomonic. Answer at bottom.
A 38 year old with chest pain and SOB: The answer can be found here (a different example of the same pathology, with explanation):…
Chest Pain, SOB, anterior T-wave inversion, positive troponin
This 38 yo male presented with chest pain with activity for 4 days, worse on the day of presentation, and associated with SOB. He has a…
Anterior T wave inversion due to Pulmonary Embolism
A 32 year old male presented with a 4 day history of dyspnea, cough, palpitations, and chest pain. He had an ECG done immediately (shown…