A 70-something woman with syncope and a wide complex
This case was written by Andy Lichtenheld (https://twitter.com/ALichtenheld), a really smart 2nd year resident here at our Emergency Medicine…
A male in his 50s with chest pain. What is your interpretation?
Written by Pendell Meyers, edits by Smith: A male in his 50s with no significant past medical history complained of several episodes of chest…
What is the infarct artery? (Complex analysis, in this case)
This case was put on Twitter by Elisha Targonsky, who has a nice EM blog (http://thechartreview.org). He provided it for posting here.…
What happened after the PCI?
A middle-aged male with h/o CABG x 3, previous stents, and aortic valve and aortic root replacement presented primarily with headache, but…
Inferior and Posterior STEMI. What else?
A male in his late 30’s to early 40’s presented with 24 hours of intermittent typical chest pain. The following ECG was…
The ECG told the whole story, but no one listened: ECG interpretation skills are critical to patient outcomes.
Preface This was sent by a medical student somewhere in the world who will remain anonymous. Details are scant so that it cannot be…
Pseudoanteroseptal STEMI in the Setting of Paced Rhythm
This is a case we published in JAMA internal medicine this year. I can’t give you the full text, but even limited access is pretty…
Chest Pain in a 61 year old male. Inferior STEMI without inferior ST elevation.
This 61 year old has a h/o CABG 20 years prior. Onset of chest pain 1 hour prior to calling 911. Here is the prehospital ECG:…
Massive Precordial ST Elevation. What is it?
This case comes from my book, The ECG in Acute MI: A male in his 70’s had a cardiac arrest and was successfully defibrillated. Below is…
Pseudo Right Ventricular MI
This most recent post will help you understand this post here: I was nordic skiing out in the wilds of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan when I…