The computer and the cardiologist called this a “Normal EKG”
This was sent by Cam Mosley, LSU-Baton Rouge Residency. A 40-something woman presented to the ED having had “heartburn” overnight and then…
A man in his sixties with chest pain at midnight with undetectable troponin
Written by Pendell Meyers A male in his 60s with no known past medical history presented at midnight with chest pain over the past 3 hours.…
A man in his sixties with chest pain at midnight with undetectable troponin
Written by Pendell Meyers A male in his 60s with no known past medical history presented at midnight with chest pain over the past 3 hours.…
A 50-something male with acute chest pain
A 50 y.o. male was sitting at a work conference when he began having substernal chest pain with diaphoresis. He had a history of…
Doctor, should we activate the hospital’s “STEMI alert”?
Written by Pendell Meyers I received this prehospital ECG (we receive prehospital ECGs by telemetry from EMS in a large area around our…
How long would you like to wait for your Occlusion MI to show a STEMI? Sometimes serial ECGs minimizes the delay.
Written by Pendell Meyers An elderly woman presented with acute onset chest pain and shortness of breath. EMS showed us their ECG on arrival…
The delay between OMI and STEMI claims yet another patient’s anterior wall
Written by Pendell Meyers with edits by Steve Smith An elderly woman with HTN presented with L sided chest pain, intermittent over the past…
What will you do for this patient transferred to you who is now asymptomatic?
A middle-aged woman with history of hypertension presented to another hospital approximately 2 hours after onset of chest pain and shortness…
Is this ST elevation normal or abnormal?
Written by Pendell Meyers A male in his 50s with history of HTN, DM, HLD presented with chest pain of less than one hour duration. Here is his…
A woman in her 70s with chest pain
Written by Alex Bracey, with edits by Pendell Meyers and Steve Smith The Case: A woman in her 70s who does not routinely seek medical care and…