Guess the culprit with ST Elevation in posterior leads
A middle aged man had off and on chest pain for 2 weeks, then 2 hours of more severe and constant pain. Here was his ED ECG, which was…
An elderly man with sudden cardiogenic shock, diffuse ST depressions, and STE in aVR
Written by Pendell Meyers 84 yo M with history of a “valve problem” presented for sudden onset chest pain and trouble breathing while eating…
A Hybrid of de Winter’s T-waves and Diffuse Subendocardial Ischemia: Left Main Ischemia
A very elderly woman who was highly functional complained of jaw pain and called 911. Her BP was 80/40 with a puls of 45. Here is…
Head On Motor Vehicle Collision. ST depression. Myocardial Contusion?
A woman in her 40’s was involved in a head-on motor vehicle collision. EMS noted a facial droop. On arrival she was hypertensive…
A Picture of Subendocardial Ischemia
This case shows a CT image of subendocardial ischemia. The image is shown at the bottom after the case presentation. This patient…
A Non STEMI that needs the cath lab now.
A male in his 60’s called 911 for chest pain. He had some cardiac risk factors including hypertension, on meds, but no previous…
Left Bundle Branch Block (LBBB) with Chest Pain, concordant and excessively discordant ST depression V2-V6
A middle-aged male presented pain free after an episode of chest pain. Here is the initial ECG (sorry some is cut off — it is an…
ST depression V2-V4: Posterior leads, resolution of pain, and absence of posterior wall motion abnormality ruled out posterior STEMI
I saw this 59 year old male 3 weeks ago. He had no previous history of CAD, and presented with very typical waxing and waning chest pain, much…