Patient is informed of her husband’s death: is it OMI or it stress cardiomyopathy?
Written by Willy Frick Disclaimer at the outset: Some aspects of this case are not completely clear to me, and approach being unknowable.…
Acute coma, then Sudden PEA arrest in front of paramedics, with STEMI?
This is what the providers in the ED understood on patient arrival: Patient called 911 for syncope, then had witnessed PEA arrest after medics…
How a pause can cause cardiac arrest
Written by Magnus Nossen — with edits by Grauer The tracings in today’s case is from a patient in his 80s being admitted…
“A patient just arrived as a transfer for NSTEMI.”
Written by Willy Frick The OMI paradigm has taught me that any diagnosis of NSTEMI is cause for immediate evaluation. “A patient…
A 40-something woman with acute pulmonary edema — see the Speckle Tracking echocardiogram.
A 49 year old woman with h/o COPD only presented with sudden dyspnea. She had acute pulmonary edema on exam. Prehospital…
This ECG is nearly pathognomonic. What is it? (hint: it’s not Wellens’)
I was texted this ECG: What did I say? My response: “takotusubo” Even without a history, this is the likely diagnosis. …
A woman in her 40s with intractable nausea and vomiting, dyspnea, and lightheadedness
Submitted and written by Oriane Longerstaey MD, peer reviewed by Meyers, Smith, and McLaren A woman in her 40s with diabetes and HLD…
Collapse, Ventricular Tachycardia, Cardioverted, Comatose on Arrival. OMI is a clinical diagnosis.
A middle-aged woman cried out, then collapsed. She had bystander CPR. First responders palpated a pulse. Paramedics found…