Is this a wide complex rhythm? (And what is the etoliogy, after you hear the history)
What do you think? = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = This is NOT a wide complex tachycardia. This is atrial fibrillation with “Shark…
Chest pain and a very wide RBBB
I was texted this ECG by a reader without any info: What do you think? The reader’s interpretation was this: “Patient…
A 35-year old woman with this post-ROSC ECG. What does “shark fin” morphology mean?
Written by Magnus Nossen. The patient in today’s case is a 35-year-old overweight female. She experienced sudden onset chest pain and…
See what happens when a left main thrombus evolves from subtotal occlusion to total occlusion.
Written by Magnus Nossen The patient in today’s case is a male in his 70s with hypertension and type II diabetes mellitus. His wife…
Sudden shock with a Nasty looking ECG. What is it?
A 60-something woman complained of sudden severe abd pain. She was found by medics agitated, hypotensive, diaphoretic, and in shock. There…
An elderly woman with acute vomiting, presyncope, and hypotension, and a wide QRS complex
Written by Pendell Meyers Family of an elderly woman with many comorbidities called EMS when she suddenly experienced shortness of…
Shark fin post arrest: do you understand the ECG?
Case submitted by Dr. Daryl Williams, written by Pendell Meyers, peer reviewed by Smith and Bracey A physician bystander witnessed a…
Fascinating case of dynamic shark fin morphology – what is going on?
Case submitted by Magnus Nossen MD from Norway, written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 50s with no pertinent medical history suffered a…
1 hour of CPR, then ECMO circulation, then successful defibrillation….
An elderly woman had sudden ventricular fibrillation. She was unable to be defibrillated but was cannulated and placed on ECMO in our…
Another Shark Fin. With a twist.
I was reading stacks of ECGs for a study, without any clinical information. I came across this one and immediately recognized it and knew the…