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…
Agitation, Confusion, and Unusual Wide Complex Tachycardia. What is it, why did it occur, and how to treat?
A 50-something male ran a 10 mile race, after which he complained of a headache. The next day, he collapsed and had a witnessed seizure.…
Pancreatitis with Bizarre T-wave inversions and a normal echo. Is it takotsubo?
I was shown this ECG and told that the patient is suffering from another bout of chronic pancreatitis. I was told there was no chest…
Nonspecific symptoms with RBBB and New ST Elevation. Anterior STEMI, right? What does the echo show?
A 50-something male with a history of COPD and substance use disorder who presented with generalized weakness and exacerbation of chronic back…
A patient with abdominal pain associated with alcohol withdrawal and alcoholic ketoacidosis
While at work, one my partners showed me this ECG of a 50-something woman with abdominal pain associated with alcohol withdrawal and alcoholic…
40-something male in a head-on Motor Vehicle Collision and Splenic Injury
A 40-something male presents to the stabilization room for evaluation following head on motor vehicle collision (MVC). Pt was reported…
Bizarre T-wave inversions, with Negative U-waves and Very long QT. And a myocardial viability study.
This 60-something year old male was admitted and his hospital course complicated by GI bleed, hemodynamic instability, and a nadir hemoglobin…
A 60 year old patient with large T-wave inversions
Written by Andrus Alian and Pendell Meyers, with edits by Steve Smith A female in her 60s with history of stage IV lung cancer presented to…
Chest pain, sinus tachycardia, and ST Elevation
I was reading through ECGs on the system when I saw this one: Sinus tachycardia, rate 120 Computerized QTc = 380 ms What do you think? I…
Bizarre T-wave Inversions in a Patient without Chest Pain
This was sent by a recent ultrasound fellow, asking for my ECG diagnosis. He stated that it is “an acute change from previous” in…