capture beatfusion beatProcainamideSyncopetachycardiaventricular tachycardiaVT vs SVT with aberrancywide complexWide complex tachycardia13 Min Read Pendell MeyersonApril 2, 2022 An asymptomatic man in his 50s with heart rate in the 160s – what is the diagnosis? How will you manage this? Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his late 50s with history of CAD with CABG, COPD, smoking, cirrhosis, and other comorbidities…
pseudoSTEMI/OMI due to tachycardiatachycardia2 Min Read Steve SmithonMarch 3, 2022 A 40-something woman with severe chest pain and ST Elevation This 40-something woman presented with severe anterior chest pain. The prehospital ECG looked the same and the medics were worried about the…
Lewis Leadsinus tachycardiaSVT-NOTtachycardia5 Min Read Steve SmithonMay 1, 2019 Regular, steady, and fast at 170 (wide or narrow?), hypoxic, crackles in lungs, B-lines, unconscious A 60-something who lives in a nursing home was found unconscious and hypoxic. EMS was called and their monitor showed an “SVT” at…
PseudoSTEMItachycardiaType 2 Brugada4 Min Read Steve SmithonJune 4, 2017 Huge ST Elevation in V2 and V3. What is it? A 30-something presented with methamphetamine use and agitation. He was sedated, then had an ECG as part of his workup: He was…
Inferior Aneurysm MorphologyLV aneurysmreciprocal ST depressiontachycardia2 Min Read Steve SmithonOctober 26, 2010 Tachycardia must make you doubt an ACS or STEMI diagnosis; put it all in clinical context This 54 year old patient with a history of kidney transplant with poor transplant function had been vomiting all day when at 10 PM he…