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Sent by Logan Stark, MD, written by Pendell Meyers Dr. Stark sent me this ECG below and said “Curious on your thoughts without…
A 40-something man with very elevated blood pressure and acute severe chest pain
This 40-something male whose only medical history was hypertension presented with acute chest pain. A 12-lead ECG was immediately recorded…
A man in his 50s with “no reciprocal ST depression” and “diffuse” ST elevation. What does diffuse actually mean?
Written by Pendell Meyers EMS called in while I was on shift and asked me to review an ECG of a man in his 50s with acute chest pain and…
This ECG was interpreted as completely NORMAL by the computer: What about it is THE critical finding??
A 40 something otherwise healthy man presented with substernal chest pain. It had occurred once 3 days prior and resolved without any…
Chest pain in a 30-something: Is it Normal variant STE or OMI? Get the prior ECG, and don’t trust Point of Care troponin assays!
Submitted by Benjamin Garbus, MD with edits by Bracey, Meyers, and Smith A man in his early 30s presented to the ED with chest pain…
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 40s with chest pain reproducible with palpation
Written by Pendell Meyers, submitted by George Konstantinou A man in his early 40s with history of smoking and hypertension presented to the…
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 30s with chest pain
Written by Pendell Meyers, case submitted by Tom Fiero A man in his 30s walked into the ED complaining of chest pain. His triage ECG was done…
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…